Trip and Fall - Slip and Fall Cases - Fair Compensation

Trip and fall Cases - Slip and Fall Cases

Trip and fall cases involve an injury caused by a fall to the ground caused by striking an object with one’s foot as opposed to slip and fall cases where someone is injured by slipping, usually on ice, water or other slippery surface. In a trip and fall case, a person’s foot encounters an object on the ground or a foot steps into an unexpected hole or uneven surface causing a fall. Examples of trip and falls are: tripping on an object in a grocery store or tripping in a hole in a parking lot or uneven sidewalk.

In order to seek compensation for injuries caused in a fall you must show that the injury was caused by someone else’s negligence and that the injury you suffered was caused by the fall.

To prove negligence, you must prove that the owner or occupier of the property upon which you fell owed you a duty to ensure the property was safe. This obligation, legally speaking, is found in the provisions of the Occupier’s Liability Act of Ontario. If the owner and/or occupier owed you some legal duty to protect or warn you of dangers on the property, and they did not take reasonable steps to protect you, liability will usually follow. The question then becomes one of assessing the injured person’s damages and quantifying the fair monetary compensation.

If you or someone you know has been injured in an accident contact Marc Quinn, Ottawa Accident and Injury Lawyer at 613-266-7266.