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Slip and Fall Accidents

It's happened to all of us. Have you ever slipped on wet floor in a supermarket, tripped over a misplaced toy or other object, stumbled on an icy sidewalk? If you have, you are like most Americans. Most of the time, these minor slip and fall incidents do not result in injuries and thus we are able to laugh them off.

Far too often, however, slip and fall leads to serious personal injuries, from sprains and soft tissue damage-to broken bones-to paralysis, brain injury and wrongful death. Slip and fall injuries occur in and around malls, supermarkets, office buildings, stadiums, theaters, and virtually any other place of public accommodation.

Every day, a Slip & Fall Accident Lawyer is presented with slip and fall injury cases arising from:

• Wet floors
• Ice or snow on the pavement
• Improper Lighting
• Improper Signage
• Inadequate or Missing Handrails
• Potholes
• Improperly secured merchandise or equipment
• Elevator, Escalator or Lift Accidents
• Animal attacks
  
  

Moreover, as the population has continued to age, and more and more adults enter nursing homes, a slip & fall lawyer sees more and more cases arising from slip and fall injuries occurring at nursing homes than ever before. According to the Center for Disease Control,

• More than 33% of adults aged 65 and older fall each year;
• Of those who fall, 20% to 30% suffer moderate to severe injuries that make it hard to get around or live alone and increase the chance of early death; and
• Older adults are hospitalized for fall-related injuries five times more often than they are for injuries from other causes.

When a senior citizen falls, the likelihood of serious injury increases exponentially as well, and the recovery time may be expected to be much longer than the average recovery time. A broken hip, for example, can be a devastating injury for any slip and fall victim, but elderly adults may never recover from such an injury.

The obligations of property owners to those injured through slip and fall accidents depend upon where the accident occurred and whether the victim had a right to be on the property in question, as well as a host of other factors. If you suffered a slip and fall injury, Haggerty & Silverman's highly experienced and dedicated Lancaster, Pennsylvania based slip and fall attorneys can help to ensure that your rights are protected. We have represented slip and fall plaintiffs in state and federal court, and we are proud to say that we have obtained verdicts in excess of $1 million for our clients, as reflected in our membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious organizations in the United States dedicated to excellence in trial advocacy.

We would be pleased to provide you with a FREE Consultation, and as with all personal injury claims, you would not pay us any attorneys fees unless we obtain a recovery for you as a result of your slip and fall claim.

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