Choosing the Right Lawyer is No ACCIDENT- A Personal Injury Guide - By Jeff Adelman (2025 Edition)

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Choosing the Right Lawyer is No AccidentYOU’VE HAD A SLIP/TRIP AND FALL INCIDENT.WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?Whether you have slipped and fallen in a supermarket or tripped over ahazardous defect in a parking lot, what you do next could affect theoutcome of your personal injury claim for better or for worse. Here are10 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 businessof your fall immediately. If you don’t tell them immediately and theydon’t hear about your incident for weeks or months, it impairs theirinvestigation and can cast doubt on whether an incident actuallyoccurred.3. Take photographs and/or videos of what caused you to fall. Whetherit is liquid on the floor or some type of object on the ground, preservephotographic evidence if you can.4. Get the names and contact information of any witnesses to yourincident. Additionally, get the names of any business employees thatyou interact with at the scene.5. You are not required to write anything or sign anything at the premiseswhere you fell. If you do write out a statement, get a copy of thatstatement. In fact, ask them if you will receive a copy before you writeanything down or DO NOT agree to give it to them. It is normal for astore 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 OFLIABILITY. Sometimes a business may try to have you sign a documentwhere they will give you, say $500 in return for agreeing not to bring apersonal injury claim against them. If you do this, you are forfeiting yourright 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 inyour best interests to get a lawyer involved as soon as possible, especiallydue to the complexity of premises liability cases like slip/trip and falls.Jeff Adelman, B.C.S., Esq. 9
Choosing the Right Lawyer is No AccidentInvestigators may need to go to the scene to obtain evidence before thenegligent party cleans up or fixes the hazard. Time is of the essence!8. Once you hire an attorney, do not speak to anyone from the other sidewithout your attorney being present. If you receive phone calls, directthem to call your lawyer.9. Don’t put anything about your incident on social media. It can’thelp you, it can only hurt you.10. Just like in automobile accident personal injury claims, you MUSTprovide all documents, medical records, photographs or other potentialevidence to your attorney. The defendant will find your prior medicaltreatment records. Whether you are believable and being honest affectshow much money a defendant will offer you for a personal injurysettlement. Attorneys can guide you if they are aware of negativeinformation. But if you fail to disclose this information even to your ownattorneys, you could be risking your entire claim. Again, your credibilityin a personal injury claim is everything.10Jeff Adelman, B.C.S., Esq.
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