They Can Help Determine The Property Owner's Level Of Liability
One of the hardest issues when it comes to a slip and fall case that a personal injury attorney can help you with is determining the property owner's level of liability. This is extremely important because the property owner's provable level of liability is going to determine if you are going to be able to successfully sue the property owner for damages and how much he will likely be awarded.
For example, your attorney will most likely attempt to prove that the entire fault for the accident was due to the property owner's negligence, typically because the property owner or one of his or her employees would have been aware of the risk that a hazard that triggered your slip existed and that they had the time to repair it …show more content…
In many cases, it is not all that rare for an insurance company to aggressively push you into accepting a smaller settlement offer by trying to claim that you should have been aware of the risk of slipping and falling or by implying that you may have been careless in some way. However, if you hire a personal injury attorney, they will be able to counteract this process by being familiar with how insurance companies operate and may be able to push back for a larger settlement by pointing out just how strong your case might