Sacramento Retail Store Injury Attorneys

Accident and Injury Lawyers in Sacramento, California

A vast amount of people visit retail stores every day to browse and shop or conduct some other type of business.  Retail store owners and those who own or operate businesses are obligated to take reasonable precautions to ensure that customers and visitors are not injured.   The most common type of retail store injury most often results from a slip and fall accident.  A slip and fall accident may occur for any given number of reasons, including failure to post warning signs that the floor is wet and one can slip, a slippery floor cause by a merchandise spill, or non-removal of an item dropped on the floor.  If you are injured after slipping, tripping or falling in a retail store or any other type of business, the business owner may be found liable for your injuries.

Responsibility in a Retail Store Accident / Injury

Individuals who visit retail stores and other businesses are classified as “invitees” under the common law rules pertaining to the duties of a landowner.  Retail stores sometimes do put their customers at risk due to negligence.  They sometimes fail to inspect for and maintain their business property free of potential hazardous or dangerous conditions which later may cause injury to the invitees.  Retail store owners are required to conduct regular inspections of their property, including examining aisles and floors to ensure that they are safe for the invitees.  If they fail to do so, they can be held liable for negligence. 

Retail store owners or operators are required to utilize reasonable and ordinary care to ensure that the property is reasonably safe.  This means that it is the retail store’s owner or operator’s responsibility to warn the invitee of non-obvious, potential hazardous conditions that are known to the business owner or operation, to use ordinary care while operating, and to make typical inspections whereby dangerous conditions may be discovered and corrected. 

If you have slipped, fallen and injured yourself while at a retail store or other type of business, you should not only seek immediate medical attention, but also be sure to (1) get the names, phone numbers, and addresses of anyone who may have witnessed the incident, (2) try to identify what it was that caused you to slip and fall, (3) take pictures (if possible) of where you fell and what caused you to fall, (4) ask store employees, witnesses, and anyone else who may be aware of how long the dangerous condition or substance that caused you to fall had been there, and (5) try to find out if the retail store owner, operator or employees of the store knew about the dangerous condition or substance prior to the incident.

If you have suffered a retail store injury and you believe that your injury was caused by negligence or carelessness on the part of the retail store owner or operator, then you need to get help from an experienced Sacramento slip and fall accident attorney today!  It is important that your rights are protected and evidence is preserved.  Slip and fall cases can sometimes be challenging and there are deadlines that need to be met.  At the Sacramento Personal Injury Law Firm, our Sacramento slip and fall accident attorneys are among the best in the state of California and they have a successful history of obtaining favorable results for our clients.  Oftentimes, we are able to resolve slip and fall cases without the need for litigation; however, if need be, we are fully prepared to take your trial.  

At the Sacramento Personal Injury Law Firm, we combine experience, knowledge, and aggressiveness to ensure that our clients obtain only the best possible recovery.  We are committed to maximizing your recovery.

Contact a Sacramento retail store injury lawyer at our firm today!