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Slipping and Tripping Accidents
If you have suffered an injury as a result of slipping, tripping or falling in a public place such as a shop, an office or even walking down the street, you may be able to claim compensation if the accident was not your fault. You have the right to expect that any public place (or even any private building or home) is safe from slippery or defective surfaces such as wires, raised paving stones or damaged carpets.
Common causes of slip, trip and falling accidents are defects in the ground such as broken paving slabs, uneven ground or sometimes objects protruding from the pavement. Usually maintenance of a public road or footpath will be the responsibility of the Local Authority.
Tripping accidents can also occur at work. Your employer or fellow employee may be responsible for your fall whether you slipped on a liquid or substance which should not have been there, fell over something in a common walkway or tripped on an uneven surface. Even if the accident was the result of a fellow employee leaving something in a walkway or spilling something, your employer can be held responsible. Your employer is responsible for the behaviour of all their employees and for ensuring that they follow proper health and safety procedures to keep the workplace free from hazards.
You may also be able to make a claim if you are in a supermarket, restaurant or a shop and you slip on a wet surface or receive injuries from tripping over an obstruction.
If you can, you should take photographs of the area where you slipped or the object which caused you to trip. You will need to prove that the owner or occupier was aware of the hazard and that no steps were taken to warn people or to correct the problem.
All you have to do is concentrate on getting better and leave the worries of pursuing the claim to us.
For an initial free consultation or to obtain further details, please contact us.
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