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A slip and fall lawyer at Cobb Personal Injury represents people hurt on someone else’s property. We prove the property owner was negligent, deal with their insurer, and handle your claim in-house through trial. Georgia generally allows two years to file. Call (770) 627-3221 for a free case review.
A slip and fall case is a type of premises liability claim, where you are injured because a property owner failed to keep their property reasonably safe. The fall itself is not the case. The owner’s negligence is what makes it one. If a hazard caused your fall and the owner knew or should have known about it, you may have a claim.
These cases happen in grocery stores, restaurants, apartment complexes, parking lots, office buildings, and private homes. Common hazards include wet or recently mopped floors without warning signs, uneven or broken flooring, poor lighting, loose rugs or mats, cluttered walkways, ice on walkways, and unsafe stairs or missing handrails.
A property owner is liable when their negligence created or allowed the hazard that caused your fall. Georgia premises liability law turns on a single question, did the owner know, or should they reasonably have known, about the dangerous condition and fail to fix it or warn you.
Three things generally have to be true. There was a hazardous condition on the property. The owner knew about it, or it existed long enough that a reasonable owner would have found and fixed it. And that hazard, not your own inattention, caused your injury. The owner’s knowledge is usually the hardest piece to prove, which is why evidence like incident reports, maintenance records, and surveillance footage matters so much, and why it needs to be requested before it is erased.
Winning a slip and fall claim in Georgia means proving the owner’s negligence and your resulting injuries. The law expects property owners to keep their premises reasonably safe for people who are lawfully there, and it expects visitors to use ordinary care for their own safety.
Your level of protection depends on why you were on the property. An invitee, such as a customer in a store, is owed the highest duty of care. A licensee, such as a social guest, is owed a duty to be warned of known dangers. A trespasser is owed the least. Most slip and fall claims involve invitees, customers and tenants who were exactly where they were allowed to be, which is the strongest position from which to bring a claim.
The steps you take after a slip and fall protect both your health and your claim. The order below puts your health first, then preserves the evidence that proves what happened.
Property owners and their insurers often act quickly to document the scene in their favor. Getting your own evidence, and legal advice, early is how you keep the record honest.
Slip and fall injuries range from bruises to permanent damage, and the severity drives what a claim is worth. We handle the full range, and we build the claim around the complete medical picture, including the care you will need going forward.
Common slip and fall injuries include broken bones and fractures, hip injuries, wrist and arm injuries from breaking a fall, head injuries and concussions, back and spinal injuries, knee injuries, and cuts and soft-tissue damage. Older adults face the most serious risk, a fall-related hip or head injury can be life-changing, and these cases call for a full accounting of long-term care needs.
You can recover compensation for the financial and personal costs of a fall caused by an owner’s negligence. Once liability is established, the property owner and their insurer are responsible for your damages.
Recoverable damages typically include:
What a single case is worth depends on the severity of the injury, the lasting impact, and how clearly the owner’s negligence can be shown. We evaluate your case directly rather than quoting an average.
Cobb Personal Injury handles slip and fall cases in-house, from the first investigation through settlement or trial, without referring your case elsewhere. The attorney who reviews your case is the one who sees it through.
Our work starts with preserving the evidence these cases turn on, the incident report, surveillance video, maintenance and inspection logs, and witness accounts, much of which the property owner controls and can lose or overwrite if it is not requested quickly. We establish how long the hazard existed and what the owner knew, deal with the insurer so you are not pressured into an early lowball, and build the claim around the full cost of your injury. If the insurer will not offer a fair settlement, we are prepared to try the case.
Because we work on a contingency basis, there is no fee unless we recover for you.
You may have a case if you were injured on someone else’s property because of a hazard the owner knew about or should have caught and fixed. The key questions are whether the property was unreasonably dangerous and whether that condition caused your injury. A free consultation is the fastest way to find out.
Georgia’s statute of limitations for most premises liability injury claims is two years from the date of the fall. Some situations, such as a claim against a government property owner, can carry shorter deadlines. Acting early also protects evidence like surveillance video before it is erased.
You can still recover in Georgia as long as you were less than 50 percent at fault, under the state’s modified comparative negligence rule. Your compensation is reduced by your share of the blame, which is why property owners often argue you were not watching where you were going. Pushing back on that argument is part of what we do.
It depends on the severity of your injuries, your medical costs, lost income, and the lasting impact on your life. Cases with serious or permanent injuries are worth more than those that fully heal.
We evaluate your specific situation rather than quoting an average.
Cobb Personal Injury handles slip and fall cases on a contingency basis, which means there is no fee unless we recover compensation for you. Your initial consultation is free.
Property owners and their insurers routinely deny fault at first. That denial is not the final word. Evidence such as the incident report, surveillance footage, and maintenance records often tells a different story, and we know how to request it before it disappears.
It varies with the complexity of the case and the severity of the injuries. Some resolve in a few months through settlement, while cases that go to trial or involve disputed liability take longer. We push the case forward while making sure your full medical picture is accounted for before any settlement.
Injured in a slip and fall in Marietta or Cobb County? Cobb Personal Injury investigates the hazard, proves the owner’s negligence, and handles your case in-house through trial. Call (770) 627-3221
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Victims of slip and fall accidents can suffer serious injuries and face high medical bills for emergency care and long-term treatment. Neck, back, hip, and head injuries, broken bones, and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can be life-altering and emotionally traumatizing. If you or a loved one has been injured in a serious slip and fall accident at a grocery store, business, government building, or private residence, contact Cobb Personal Injury for a free, no-obligation consultation. One of our skilled attorneys will review specific details of your case and advise you of your legal options.
Our Georgia lawyers have extensive experience winning slip and fall cases throughout Georgia and the greater Atlanta area. Cobb Personal Injury clients receive personal attention and comprehensive legal services from some of the best slip and fall attorneys in the local area.
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