The South Carolina injury attorneys at Proffitt & Cox, LLP represent clients who were injured in slip and fall accidents or trip and fall accidents that should have been prevented. If you suffered a serious accident and believe the premises owner may be at fault, contact our Columbia injury attorneys at 803-834-7097 for a free consultation.
The law categorizes slip and falls under the larger category of lawsuits known as premises liability. Clients that we represent in slip and fall cases generally have been injured in a retail store or other public building. Not every fall that occurs in a store subjects the store to liability, but many times the store owner can be held responsible for your damages, including medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, permanent impairment, and other damages resulting from the accident.
The law generally holds store owners liable for slips and falls occurring on their premises when the store’s employees either created the dangerous situation, actually knew about the dangerous situation but failed to remedied it, or have constructive notice of the danger.
Constructive notice means that the store owner should have known about the dangerous situation because of where the danger was located and how long it had been present. Many stores and other public buildings are now equipped with video surveillance. These recordings can be extremely helpful evidence that helps establish how long a foreign substance has been present on the floor before a fall resulted. It is very important to have an attorney obtain this evidence before it is destroyed pursuant to store policies that generally require that video only be maintained for short a period of time.
In addition to slips and falls caused by foreign substances or wet floors, other dangerous conditions on property can also be a basis for a successful premises liability claim. Holes or trip hazards in floors or in parking lots, areas without proper lighting, and construction of stairs or other building features that fail to meet building code requirements for safety are other common grounds for premises liability claims. In some cases, property owners or operators can be held liable for a lack of security leading to criminal attacks or assaults committed by others.
We understand and care that when an injury occurs people are concerned about medical expenses, lost income, and compensation for their pain and suffering and other damages. We can put our experience to work immediately toward helping victims of careless or wrongful conduct obtain prompt and appropriate compensation.
Our South Carolina injury lawyers look forward to assisting you with recovering all damages allowed by law if your slip and fall injury was caused by a negligent property owner. Contact our Columbia injury attorneys locally at 803-834-7097 or toll free at (877) 276-0533 for a free consultation. Our office is conveniently located just off Two Notch Road in Northeast Columbia, and we represent injury clients throughout South Carolina.
We offer free initial consultations for all injury cases. We handle injury cases on a contingency fee basis which means that our fees are a percentage of what we recover for you. You will not owe us any attorney’s fees in such cases unless we are successful in obtaining compensation on your behalf.
Our South Carolina accident attorneys have recovered over $30 million in verdicts and settlements for our clients. These claims involved automobile accidents, trucking accidents, harmful prescription drugs, medical malpractice, product liability, slip and fall accidents and class action cases. Review our representative cases to see some of our past successes and review our client testimonials to see what some of our clients have to say about us.
Contingency fees are calculated based upon the gross amount recovered. Case costs paid by the firm are also reimbursed to the firm from the amount recovered. In most cases, the client will not be responsible for case costs if there is no recovery. Our agreement regarding fees and expenses applicable to your specific case will be provided in writing.
Any result our lawyers may have achieved on behalf of clients in other matters does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients. Each case must stand on its own merit based upon the facts and the law. Some cases referenced were handled by our attorneys while working at other firms, and in some cases, other lawyers participated in the representation of a client.
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