Choosing the Right Lawyer is No ACCIDENT- A Personal Injury Guide - By Jeff Adelman (2025 Edition)
If you are reading this, you likely have been injured as a result of a car accident or slipping or tripping on someone’s premises as a result of negligence. In the pages that follow, I will provide insight as to what you should expect from a lawyer (attorney) fighting on your behalf for personal injuries. This book is intended as a general guide if you are unfortunate to have had this happen to you. It has been with the least amount of “legalese” as possible, so you do not have to be a lawyer to understand it.
If you are reading this, you likely have been injured as a result of a car accident or slipping or tripping on someone’s premises as a result of negligence. In the pages that follow, I will provide insight as to what you should expect from a lawyer (attorney) fighting on your behalf for personal injuries. This book is intended as a general guide if you are unfortunate to have had this happen to you. It has been with the least amount of “legalese” as possible, so you do not have to be a lawyer to understand it.
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Choosing the Right Lawyer is No Accident
YOU’VE HAD A SLIP/TRIP AND FALL INCIDENT.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
Whether you have slipped and fallen in a supermarket or tripped over a
hazardous defect in a parking lot, what you do next could affect the
outcome of your personal injury claim for better or for worse. Here are
10 tips for what do after such an event:
1. If you are injured, seek medical attention as soon as possible.
2. If the fall happens at a business, it is important to notify the business
of your fall immediately. If you don’t tell them immediately and they
don’t hear about your incident for weeks or months, it impairs their
investigation and can cast doubt on whether an incident actually
occurred.
3. Take photographs and/or videos of what caused you to fall. Whether
it is liquid on the floor or some type of object on the ground, preserve
photographic evidence if you can.
4. Get the names and contact information of any witnesses to your
incident. Additionally, get the names of any business employees that
you interact with at the scene.
5. You are not required to write anything or sign anything at the premises
where you fell. If you do write out a statement, get a copy of that
statement. In fact, ask them if you will receive a copy before you write
anything down or DO NOT agree to give it to them. It is normal for a
store NOT to give you a full incident report as legally they don’t have to,
but anything you write or sign you are entitled to receive a copy of.
6. DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING RESEMBLING A RELEASE OF
LIABILITY. Sometimes a business may try to have you sign a document
where they will give you, say $500 in return for agreeing not to bring a
personal injury claim against them. If you do this, you are forfeiting your
right to make a claim for your full damages. If in doubt, do not sign.
7. Hire an attorney. Just like if you are involved in a car crash, it is in
your best interests to get a lawyer involved as soon as possible, especially
due to the complexity of premises liability cases like slip/trip and falls.
Jeff Adelman, B.C.S., Esq. 9
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