A slip, trip, or fall claim seeks compensation when you are injured due to a breach of duty of care by an owner of a property open to the public or by your employer at work.
You may be able to make a compensation claim for the personal injury in a slip, trip and fall and its effects on your life today and in the future.
If an accident was not wholly your fault, whether your slip, trip, or fall was at work or in a public place, you may be able to bring a personal injury claim against those responsible for your injury.
Hughes & Associates Solicitors in Dublin can look at your slip, trip and fall injury and see if you have a valid compensation claim.
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What is a slip, trip and fall claim?
A slip, trip and fall claim is when you make a personal injury compensation claim for the effects of one of the many types of accidents you can have at work or in a public place.
If your slip, trip, or fall injury has caused you pain, suffering or financial loss and was caused by the negligence of another, you may be able to make a personal injury claim.
The personal injury claim will seek compensation for the injury, for your pain and suffering, and any financial loss due to your slip, trip, or fall at your workplace or any public place.
You may make a personal injury claim for the slip in the warehouse, the trip in the supermarket or the fall in the local park.
At Hughes & Associates Solicitors we have the experience to handle your slip, trip and fall personal injury claim.
Who is liable for a slip, trip and fall personal injury claim?
The property owner where you had your slip, trip and fall accident could be liable for the personal injury claim.
In making a claim for personal injury, you must establish that the property owner or an employer had a duty of care towards you and that a breach of that duty of care led to your slip, trip, or fall injury.
The negligent party in a slip, trip and fall claim may be:
Even if you are found to have been partially responsible for your accident, you may still receive compensation, depending on the circumstances.
At Hughes & Associates Solicitors, we can look at your case and advise you on how to make one of the common slip, trip, and fall compensation claims.
Common slip trip and fall claims for compensation
Common slip, trip, and fall claims for compensation range from the slip on a wet floor at work to a trip over uncovered cables to a fall in the school playground.
If you suffer personal injury in one of the common slip, trip and fall accidents, you could have a compensation claim.
You could suffer a broken wrist, torn ligaments or nerve damage from your slip, trip and fall, and you may be able to claim compensation.
Types of slip, trip and fall accident claims:
Compensation for a slip trip and fall claim in Ireland
Compensation for a slip, trip and fall claim in Ireland is for the injury you suffer when you slip on a wet floor in a restaurant, trip over rubble on the construction site or fall from a height at work.
The compensation is for the damages suffered today and in the future.
There are two types of damages in a slip, trip and fall claim in Ireland:
A successful claim could see you receive compensation for the injury in a slip, trip and fall accident. The compensation you receive will be a combination of the two types of damages.
General Damages in a Slip, Trip and Fall Accident Claim
General damages in a slip, trip and fall claim will see you compensated for the Loss of Amenity due to the slip when on a night out in the bar, a trip on the stairs at work or a fall when running in the park.
You may have problems due to the injury, such as difficulty in walking, exercising or in getting to work.
You can also claim for the Pain and Suffering due to the injury you suffered in the slip, trip and fall accident.
Special Damages in a Slip, Trip and Fall Claim
Special damages in a slip, trip and fall claim are for the costs and expenses that you will have due to the slip on public transport, the fall while at a concert or the trip in the workplace.
Special damages in a slip, trip and fall accident claim could be:
A slip, trip and fall claim in Ireland seeks compensation by combining the two damages due to one of the many types of injury suffered in a personal injury accident.
How to make a slip, trip and fall claim
To make a slip, trip and fall personal injury claim you should contact Hughes & Associates Personal Injury Solicitors.
Any personal injury claim, like for a broken wrist after a slip on the wet changing room floor at the gym, can take time, but we can help you make a successful compensation claim.
Our steps are designed to provide an efficient and effective way to make a slip, trip and fall compensation claim.
Frequently asked questions in slip, trip and fall claims
Frequently asked questions are those that come up a lot in slip, trip and fall personal injury claims.
At Hughes & Associates, we hear these questions from most of our clients, and we know how the right answer can help you prepare to make a personal injury compensation claim.
Make a personal injury claim today
Make a personal injury claim today by contacting Hughes & Associates Personal Injury Solicitors in Dublin.
You could have a compensation claim if you were injured in a slip, trip and fall accident in the workplace, at a concert or even when in the local supermarket buying milk.
The torn ligaments, cracked skull, cuts and bruises and other types of personal injury can affect you today and in the future, and you may have a slip, trip and fall compensation claim.
Contact Hughes & Associates Personal Injury Solicitors today for a confidential and professional service with your slip, trip and fall compensation claim.