Delray Beach personal injury lawyers, Tim Nies, a former insurance company attorney and Army Ranger Veteran, and Chris Van Riper, a former Prosecutor, represents individuals and families in Palm Beach County who have suffered an injury due to a fall caused by the carelessness or reckless of others. Our Delray Beach Slip and Fall Law Firm is known by insurance company attorneys for our lawyers’ trial skills, for leaving no stone unturned and for being legal warriors for our clients. Our attorneys and top-notch paralegals outwork insurance company defense lawyers assigned to represent the insurance companies and the negligent business owners.
Filing a claim quickly is critical to a successful slip and fall or trip and fall case. Oftentimes, the scene of the fall may be altered and important evidence may be lost if not documented and retained quickly by your lawyer. Our Delray Beach trial lawyers personally investigate slip and fall, or trip and fall, claims in order to preserve evidence. According to our premises liability attorney Tim Nies, a former insurance defense attorney for the largest insurance defense firm in the world, who has litigated and tried slip and fall cases for insurance companies, slip and fall cases usually involve:
– Water or other liquids left on floors,
– Slippery or dangerous flooring,
– Obstructed or blocked store aisles,
– Misplaced merchandise and other products,
– Narrow stairways,
– Improperly designed stairs,
– Inadequate stair handrails,
– Inadequate lighting,
– Negligently designed and unsafe balconies,
– Ripped or torn carpeting or flooring.
The Florida legislature, which is heavily in favor of business over customers, recently changed to the law relating to slip and falls in favor of businesses. Now, before one can be compensated for their harms and losses, such as payment of past and future medical bills, pain and suffering, mental anguish, or inconvenience, it must be proven that a homeowner or business owner had notice of the unsafe condition or should have discovered the unsafe condition. Insurance company attorneys are very familiar with Florida’s slip and fall laws. You need an experienced attorney on your side fighting for your rights.
To determine the specific cause of an injury, a personal injury attorney often must hire an expert, such as an engineer, an accident reconstruction expert or a human factors expert to investigate the incident and testify before a jury. Our law firm utilizes experienced expert witnesses to assist in the investigation of the claim and at trial. We spare no expense.
Insurance companies of homeowner and businesses know that many slip and fall and trip and fall cases are dismissed prior to a jury trial because the injured plaintiff may be incapable of proving the elements of such a claim. If we accept your case, rest assured that we will quickly investigate your claim and file a claim with the insurance company or
immediately file a complaint in the Palm Beach County Circuit Court. It is our policy to prepare every case as if it is going to trial. More than any other law firm, our attorneys spend many hours preparing our clients for depositions, functional capacity evaluations, hearings, mediations and trial. Insurance companies typically delay, deny and defend premises liability claims and undervalue slip and fall claims. We combat this by preparing our clients for all interactions with defense counsel and adjusters.
For more information about our personal injury practice and Delray Beach FL Slip and Fall Law Practice Group, please call our lead personal injury attorney, Tim Nies, at 561-948-5588 day or night. Our Delray Beach law office is located at 55 SE 2nd Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida 33444. Tim also represents Longshoremen, under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and contractors injured overseas in slip and fall accidents under the Defense Base Act.