Slip & Fall Premises Liability Attorney in St. Louis, Missouri
Can you tell us about a memorable slip and fall case you handled?
Can you tell us about a memorable slip and fall case you handled?
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Yeah, we had one just recently. I won’t call names out, but basically, she was going to, I guess, someplace late at night. She stopped at a gas station, went inside, and fell because they had mopped the floor but didn’t put down any warning signs. She really hurt herself, I think she hurt her back and her knee, and had to have surgery. They didn’t want to record anything, so we just pushed them until they had to reveal to us what happened. She got a pretty substantial settlement based on that.
That’s one instance we’ve had recently. There’s actually another one too, where another lady was in a laundromat. She was washing her clothes, and boom, the flooring was uneven. They invite you into a place, and that’s the state that we use. If you’ve been invited into a place for a certain reason, they have a higher duty of care because they’re asking you to come in and spend your money. If they don’t take care of their responsibilities, you have a good chance of getting damages.
St. Louis, MO personal injury attorney Herman Jimerson talks about a memorable slip and fall case he handled. He recently handled a case where a woman, who had stopped at a gas station late at night, went inside and fell because the floor had been mopped but no warning signs were put down. She suffered injuries to her back and knee, requiring surgery. The gas station didn’t want to record the incident, but Jimerson’s team pushed them until they revealed what had happened. The client ultimately received a substantial settlement.
In another case, a woman was at a laundromat washing her clothes when she tripped on uneven flooring. Jimerson explains that when businesses invite people in for a specific reason, such as to spend money, they have a higher duty of care. If they fail to uphold that duty, there is a strong chance the injured party can receive damages.
