If you were injured in a slip and fall incident, you may be entitled to damages for lost wages, medical bills and suffering. Whether your accident took place on private or public property, if it was the result of negligence by the property owner or city you can and should pursue legal action.

If you are the victim of a slip and fall injury, our legal team can work with you to help you receive the personal injury settlement and medical care you are entitled to.

The Many Faces of Slip and Fall

Slip and fall accidents can result from a wide number of scenarios, in a wide number of places, and go beyond injuries that result from an actual 'slip'. An icy public sidewalk, a poorly secured construction site or a freshly mopped shop floor can all become accident sites, when those responsible don't do everything necessary to ensure the safety of pedestrians.

For example, in Ontario, cities are responsible by law for the upkeep of public walkways, and the city can be held accountable for gross negligence if someone should slip and injure him or herself. Despite this, proper maintenance is not always carried out and dangerous patches of ice are still very common along public pedestrian access routes. A higher number of personal injury claims rounding off last year’s winter will attest to this.

Judges often rule in favor of the victim in these situations. Such claims have been known to settle out of court, and, should they go to court, often result in large cash settlements — some of more than $100,000. With years of combined legal experience, we can ensure your case is handled with the utmost due diligence, resulting in a successful personal injury claim.

Negligence

A successful claim must show that the accident was the result of negligence on the part of the municipality, homeowner or business owner involved. We can offer you a free legal evaluation of your case, to assess exactly what benefits you are entitled to. These may include past and future medical and rehabilitation expenses, home care expenses, lost wages for time lost at work, the cost of hiring outside assistance for daily activities you can no longer perform (such as house-cleaning), and damages for pain and suffering.

Personal injury suits involving slip and fall cases — whether the result of a neglected, icy patch of public sidewalk, or a concealed danger the city failed to correct, such as broken sewer grate— can return top dollar in terms of victim restitution. However, the cause of a slip and fall can be difficult to demonstrate in court, and victims need exceptional legal counsel, a team well-experienced in liability suits.

Establishing who exactly is to blame is necessary in order to proceed with rapid legal action. We can help you acquire the sound legal counsel to go ahead with your claim. This is the first step. Proceeding with your claim quickly is the next, as insurance adjusters often and do attempt to settle these types of claims with outrageously low, one-time offers — some only worth a few thousand dollars, while a formidably drawn out lawsuit can result in sometimes hundreds of thousands.

Filing Your Claim On Time

Depending on when and where your injury took place, you may be required to file a claim notice within as little as ten days, or you may have up to six years from the time of the accident to file a suit. Contact us now to receive a free consultation to find out whether you are eligible for accident benefits and what steps you must take to make your claim.

Our team has achieved top settlements for thousands of accident claims, bringing an extensive wealth of experience in personal injury claims. Working together with top Ontario health professionals, we can offer you the legal and professional guidance you need to get the compensation you deserve.