Waukegan, Illinois Slip and Fall Attorneys Aggressively Pursue Compensation for Injured People
Waukegan, Illinois Law Firm Represents Slip and Fall Victims
If you’ve been injured in a store or place of business due to the negligence of another, you may be entitled to damages. Even a minor injury that results in a temporary loss of work can cost you thousands of dollars in doctor’s bills, medication, hospital expenses, physical therapy, and lost wages. A more serious or permanent injury can lead to a loss of employment and long-term pain and suffering. The Waukegan personal injury attorneys at Kelly Law Offices represents clients from Waukegan and all of the Chicagoland area who have been injured from slip and fall and other premises accidents.
A store owner owes a duty to exercise due care in keeping his premises reasonably safe. The elements of a cause of action for premises liability are the same as those for negligence:
- Duty and Notice of Defect
- Breach of Duty
- Proximate Cause
- Damages
A plaintiff suing a business owner for premises liability must prove that the owner knew or should have known about a dangerous condition in time to correct it, or that the owner was able by the exercise of ordinary care to discover and remedy the condition.
Don’t Assume a Store Owner is not Liable
In the case of a slip and fall on a slippery floor, a store owner may be liable if a substance was freshly-spilled and the store did not know that the substance was there, or store personnel did not have time to reasonably discover and clean up the spill. Most experts agree that a spill can be reasonably located and cleaned up fairly quickly. The fact that a dangerous condition existed the store owner ought to have discovered and act swiftly to avoid a dangerous situation.
Contact Waukegan, IL Slip and Fall Law Firm Today
Did you sustain critical injuries in a slip and fall incident due to a store owner’s or employee’s negligence? Contact Kelly Law Offices, LLC online or call 1-800-859-8800 to discuss your case with one of our slip and fall attorneys today. Initial consultations are always free and there is never a fee unless you collect.
