Accidents & injuries
Slip and fall
Tell us what happened and where. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing on this page predicts what any case is worth.
What decides what a slip and fall claim is worth?
Mostly evidence and consequence, not the label on the incident. Who was responsible and what proves it. How badly you were hurt, what treatment you have had, and what you still need. What you have lost in earnings or independence. And what insurance is actually available to pay. An attorney licensed in your state has to weigh those against the facts before anyone can say what a claim is worth, which is why this page asks about them instead of offering a figure.
One reported example: $175,000 — Knee fracture after a trip and fall in a store
Capture the scene and your recovery
Photograph what you slipped on and the exact spot, before anyone cleans it. Note whether there was a warning sign, how well lit it was, and what you were wearing on your feet. Report it to whoever runs the premises before you leave and ask for a copy of the incident report.
Record what you know without guessing at fault. If you are unsure about something, write down that you are unsure — that is more useful later than a confident guess, and nobody expects you to have a complete account.
What tends to decide cases like this
The question is usually not whether you fell but whether whoever runs the place knew, or should have known, about the hazard. That is why the time matters — how long the spill had been there, when the area was last checked, whether a cleaning schedule exists. Photographs of the hazard before it is cleaned are the single most useful thing, and they become impossible to obtain an hour later.
What can affect a claim like this
The evidence, the law that applies where it happened, the deadlines that apply to that kind of claim, and the circumstances all matter. Someone else’s result does not determine yours, and no figure on this site is a prediction for any case.
An attorney looks at how serious the injury is and how clearly it is documented, what care has been needed, whether the effects are expected to last, what income has been lost, who was responsible and what evidence shows it. Where responsibility is shared, how that is treated differs from state to state.
How to start
Choose slip and fall in the form, add the state and city where it happened, and tell us how to reach you. It takes about a minute, nothing is sent until you press send, and you can stop at any point. Find A Tough Lawyer is a legal media and lead-generation service, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice.
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Can these settlements predict my result?
No. Any figure below is one case, reported by the source named beneath it. They are other people’s cases — not our results, not typical, and not a prediction for anyone else. What a particular claim is worth depends on the evidence, responsibility, treatment, losses, future needs, insurance and the law of that state.
Published settlement context
Knee fracture after a trip and fall in a store
$175,000Knee fracture after a trip and fall in a store.
Reported settlement · 2017-02-28. Whole-case reported settlement, potentially covering multiple injuries. Not a value assigned to one body part; gross amount before deductions.
Reported 2017
Source: Virginia Lawyers Weekly (opens in a new tab)Free case evaluation
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