Big Slip & Fall Cases | eGenerationMarketing

Submitted by Deanna on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 15:43

We’ve found that many personal injury attorneys tend to favor auto accident cases because they often yield higher settlements and claimants have more “severe” injuries. If your firm focuses only on auto accident claims, you could be missing out on thousands of dollars in potential earning every year. Slip-and-fall personal injury claims can yield huge settlements for attorneys. Here are just a handful of examples of slip-and-fall windfalls:

7-Figure Settlement Against Walmart

According to Leagle, Valerie Dantzler slipped on a puddle on the floor of Walmart after going to return an item. The floor was not marked and the puddle was not easily visible. The fall caused irreversible nerve damage to her shoulder, which was already injured due to surgery two weeks prior. Dantzler was awarded $1,000,000, which was reduced by 20% to $800,000 due to her own negligence.

Nearly 2 Million Awarded—After a “Wet Floor” Sign Was Placed

According to Feinberg & Alban, a Boston woman was awarded $1,750,000 after she slipped and seriously injured her knee in a grocery store. Marsha Alban was checking out at a grocery store when she saw a “Wet Store” sign near the cashiers. She moved to the left to avoid the sign and the puddle, but she still slipped and severely damaged her leg on what the store manager referred to as “splatter.” The leg required surgery, but later became infected and needed another surgery. Alban had to retire five years early due to the injury, severely limiting her future earnings.

$1.9 Million From a Parking Lot Injury

The New Jersey Herald reported that a man suffered severe shoulder injuries after slipping and falling on a patch of ice in a restaurant’s parking lot in Budd Lake, NJ. The man was a single father of three and required multiple surgeries to even begin to regain his mobility. Litigation for the case took three years.

$170,000 Awarded to Family After Death

According to Penn Live, an 87-year-old man died after slipping on grease in a Giant grocery store. After the fall, he was unable to walk again and died shortly thereafter in a rehabilitation injury. While Giant denied any responsibility for the accident, his family claimed that his death was directly caused by the fall. The family was awarded $170,000 to cover his outstanding medical costs and attorneys’ fees.

Increase Your Personal Injury Caseload Today

The fact of the matter is most slip-and-fall claims will not yield million-dollar settlements, but they can be highly profitable. Choosing to ignore claimants who have slip-and-fall personal injury claims could severely hurt your firm’s revenue, particularly in states with pure comparative fault negligence rules, meaning someone could be eligible for a personal injury claim if the defending organization was just 1% at fault for the accident.