Slip and Fall Fatality
Perhaps due to familiarity, when someone sees the bright yellow signs that say “Caution: Wet Floor”, they tend to disregard the threat of slipping. After all, they have likely seen those warnings hundreds, or thousands of times, and have yet to be upended by a slick floor surface. But the reality is that a slip and fall accident has the potential to cause the victim severe injury, or even death. Places of business, municipalities, and private individuals have a responsibility to ensure that their walkways and floors do not pose a danger to customers, citizens, and guests alike.
If your loved one has been killed by injuries sustained in a slip and fall accident, you can seek financial compensation through a legal action. That will not lessen the tragedy, but it may help you cope with the unanticipated financial burdens that arise in such adverse circumstances. Contact the Harrisburg slip and fall fatality lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 610-667-7511.
Sources of Danger
How something as seemingly innocuous as losing one’s balance and falling over can prove deadly is mind boggling, especially in the immediate aftermath of the accident. But upon further consideration, many different dangers that would not normally raise concern begin to be revealed. Just some of those include:
- Brain injuries caused by blunt trauma may prove fatal
- Forceful impact at an awkward angle or rotation may break one’s neck
- A fall onto vertically oriented objects, even if they are not very sharp, may cause impalement
- Falls from one elevation to another increase the potential for lethal internal damage
Contact Us
Your loved one’s death could have been prevented if the entity upon whose property the accident happened had exercised greater responsibility. Hold them to full account by filing a civil suit. Contact the Harrisburg slip and fall fatality lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 610-667-7511.