Slip & Fall / Premises Liability Claims

Carol Rosenbloom Associates, LLC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Slip and Fall Lawyer • Premises Liability Attorney

The National Safety Council's injury statistics estimate that over 17,000 Americans die from falls annually. Approximately 50 percent of these falls or 8,500 falls take place on level or near level surfaces. Many of these fatalities occur to individuals who are 75 years or older. To investigate such fatalities and other serious injuries resulting from a fall, we need to look at floor materials and finishes, shoe bottom materials and possible floor surface contaminants. However, these elements can change or altogether disappear with time. It is very important and essential in a fall case for the victim to obtain or have someone obtain photographs of the scene immediately after the fall. It is also important to obtain a sample of the material that the victim slipped on. While you may try to get a sample directly off the floor surface, such sample usually appears on the victim's clothing or shoes. However, this material is likely to disappear if the victim's cloths or shoes are washed. You should put the victim's cloths and shoes in a sealed plastic bag as soon as practical after the fall. While precautions cannot guarantee that the victim will prevail such information provides valuable evidence in an investigation.

Generally property owners, whether they are individuals, caretakers, businesses such as hotels and motels, or government entities, have a duty to keep dangerous conditions from developing or existing on their property. In certain cases, property owners have a duty to warn of such dangerous conditions. An example of a dangerous condition occurred when a pallet was left in an aisle in a food store which caused a customer to trip and fall. A dangerous condition can also be a dark cellar entrance that doesn't have adequate warning signs or lights. Another dangerous condition can be a slippery bathtub or shower. Since the 1960’s, manufacturers have been building bathtubs with slip resistant surfaces. Over time, however, the slip resistance on a tub’s surface deteriorates, generally from the use of harsh cleaners, such as abrasives. There is minimum friction standard for bathtubs. However, testing for this condition can be very difficult with the equipment and access to the bathroom. If a bathtub or shower is slippery, the failure to have grab bars or rails could be a dangerous condition. If you or a family member suffer a sever injury or death, contact Carol Rosenbloom Associates, LLC as soon as possible so we can make arrangements to determine if the bathtub or shower meet s the minimum standards before the property owner changes the bathtub or shower.

A dangerous condition may also exist in a parking lot where the snow and ice have not been removed days after the storm.

If have been injured because of a dangerous condition on another person's property, don't make the mistake of thinking that it was your entire fault. Contact a Pennsylvania slip and fall lawyer  at Carol Rosenbloom Associates, LLC, to discuss your right to file a premises liability claim.

At Carol Rosenbloom Associates, LLC, we help people who have been injured because of a dangerous condition on another’s property in the Pittsburgh metro area and throughout west-central Pennsylvania. We offer our clients more than 40 years of combined legal experience as well as small firm personal service.

We can assist you in premises liability cases such as:

• Severe burns resulting from landlord negligence or gas meter repairs
• Serious injuries and wrongful death resulting from inadequate security
• Death, brain injury or a catastrophic injury from a fall in a bathtub or shower
• Retail accidents, such as, elevator or escalator injury cases
• Broken bones, herniated discs, and head injuries resulting from slip and fall accidents caused by snow and ice build-up or irregularities between sections of walkway
• Scarring and disfigurement resulting from severe burns and dog bites

We offer free initial consultations. The majority of our services are provided on a contingent fee basis. This means you will pay no attorneys' fees unless we are able to achieve a verdict or settlement on your behalf.

If you or someone you know has been injured on another's property contact an experienced Pennsylvania slip and fall and premises liability lawyer at our law offices today.

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Carol Rosenbloom Associates, LLC

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