Colorado Springs Premises Liability Attorneys

At ELKUS & SISSON, P.C., our team of seasoned professionals brings a wealth of experience to navigating complex legal challenges with precision and dedication.

Although falls are common, it does not diminish your legal right to compensation when someone else was to blame for the accident. The Colorado Springs slip and fall lawyers at Colorado Accident Attorneys have recovered millions of dollars for our clients, and we can go to the mat for you.

Your challenge in a slip and fall case is twofold; first, you need to prove that someone else was to blame for the accident before you can even negotiate a settlement. Along the way, you are dealing with an insurance company that is consciously trying to make the process as difficult as possible.

Get started with the legal process by calling Colorado Accident Attorneys today. You cannot afford to wait to hire a slip and fall accident lawyer. Call us NOW at 303-567-7981, or message us online, to schedule a free initial consultation.

How to Win Your Slip and Fall Lawsuit

In many cases, a fall is just a fall, no matter how badly you are hurt. Accidents can and do happen. Where a fall crosses the line to an event where someone else may owe you money is when you can prove that they did something wrong to cause your accident. The legal standard is that you must prove that they were negligent.

In a personal injury case, negligence means that someone else did something that would be considered unreasonable under the circumstances. In the context of a slip and fall case, a defendant is considered negligent when they do not remedy a dangerous condition that someone else created within a reasonable amount of time. The defendant is also liable for your injuries when they were the one who was responsible for the dangerous condition.

How to Obtain Evidence in a Slip and Fall Case

There are two ways to obtain evidence in a slip and fall case:

Your lawyer can investigate the accident and obtain all of the physical evidence that is available to you, such as witness testimony and pictures from the scene of the accident.
If you file a slip and fall accident lawsuit, you can request the evidence that is in the defendant’s possession, such as inspection and maintenance logs and security camera footage

It is essential that you act quickly after you have been hurt in a fall. The longer you wait, the harder it would be to gather evidence because it could disappear in a hurry. If there is evidence that is in the responsible party’s hands, your lawyer would need to direct them to preserve it in advance of litigation by sending a hold letter. Then, your attorney would seek this evidence in discovery, if your case goes that far.

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Factors Affecting Your Slip and Fall Accident Compensation

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No two plaintiffs will qualify for the same exact amount or type of compensation for their injuries. Slip and fall accident settlements should reflect your own suffering, no matter how much the insurance company likes to act otherwise. They want to take you out of the picture if it means saving money when they can.

Your slip and fall accident compensation could depend on the following:

How much medical care you have needed and would need in the future
The life that you had before the injury that you are missing out on now
The pain you are feeling, and how your injury has impacted you
Your age, and the amount of time that you would need to live with the enduring injuries
How much you were making at the time of your injury, and what you could make in the future

What if the Insurance Company Denies My Claim or Will Not Pay Me Enough?

The insurance company does not fill the role of a decisionmaker in your case. They are a representative for, and a substitute of, the policyholder who pays them premiums. Knowing that they owe you money, the insurance company will do what they can to cut their own tab, and their efforts will come at your expense.

If the insurance company will not pay what they owe you, or they deny your claim entirely, you can fight back. Here, your means of taking the fight to them is filing a lawsuit against the responsible party in court. A jury will determine whether the responsible party owes you money and how much they must pay you. In other words, the insurance company never gets the final say in your case.

Contact a Colorado Spring Slip and Fall Accident Law Firm

If you have been hurt in a slip & fall, call the Colorado Accident Attorneys so you can get the compensation you deserve when someone else’s carelessness hurts you. We help you go on the offensive when the insurance company is giving you the runaround. Call us today at 303-567-7981, or message us online, to schedule a free initial consultation.