| Slip and fall cases are one of the backbones of | | | | instructor acted negligently or the owner of the |
| personal injury law. But slip and fall cases indicate | | | | premises on which the fall happened failed to safe |
| something very specific. A slip and fall case is when a | | | | guard the area, they may be sued for wrongful |
| person is on a premises, such as a store or business, | | | | death. |
| and he or she slips on liquid left out. If the person is | | | | Decks or balconies-deck and balcony collapse is |
| seriously injured, he or she can pursue a lawsuit on | | | | an area of PI law which is separate from falls. But an |
| the grounds that the company, employee or | | | | elevated fall may be a part of a personal injury case |
| manager on duty acted negligently by both failing to | | | | or it could become a personal injury case if the there |
| find the liquid and by failing to remove it before a | | | | was some sort obstruction that made the victim trip |
| patron slipped. But there is another type of fall | | | | and fall off the balcony. Whether or not the victim |
| associated with personal injury that is generally much | | | | was intoxicated at the time of the fall may end up |
| more fatal. That type of fall is called an elevated fall. | | | | being a large factor in the PI case. |
| An elevated fall is when an individual falls from a very | | | | Elevated falls tend to end in more serious personal |
| high place onto the ground. Persons who are injured | | | | injury cases as these falls much more frequently end |
| may be eligible for compensation if: | | | | in death. If they do not end in death, they will likely |
| The fall happened while a person was | | | | end in much more severe injury and thus much more |
| working-this is common among construction workers | | | | monetary damage in the form of medical bills, missed |
| who have to work on roofs or on cranes and have a | | | | wages and rehabilitation costs. |
| good chance of slipping and falling a good distance. | | | | Anytime someone is working at a high elevation, the |
| A club or course-a rock climbing course or a | | | | possibility for serious injury should be evaluated. |
| course on skiing may have casualties from falls. If the | | | | |