Medical Help After A Slip And Fall Accident

Many people who slip and fall are mostly just embarrassed at first. Often, they will not seek medical treatment after the incident due to their embarrassment or it is because they do not think they aren’t that hurt. Some people think that if they just wait a few days then the pain and soreness will go away. But sometimes the pain does not go away and actually gets worse. If you have been injured because of the negligence of a property owner in a slip and fall accident, then you definitely need to seek medical help as soon as possible. The slip and fall lawyers at Robert Bates & Associates focus their practice on helping people injured due to dangerous conditions on properties such as retail stores, grocery stores, and businesses.

Typical Slip and Fall Injuries

There are many slip and fall injuries that can happen but not seem serious at first. These injuries can become worse and worse over time if not treated appropriately and quickly. Here are some injuries that we see with clients who have suffered from slip, trip, and fall incidents:

● Cuts and abrasions

● Sprained ankles or wrists due holding out an arm and hand to brace from falling

● Soft tissue damage

● Knee injuries such as fractured knee caps and torn meniscus tendons and ligaments

● Broken bones

● Shoulder injuries due to bracing for the fall, especially rotator cuff muscle tears and sprains

● Hip fractures

● Back and spinal cord injuries

● Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) such as concussions, fractured skulls, bleeding of the brain, and swelling of the brain

How bad an injury becomes depends on many aspects of the incident including the age of the victim, the size of the victim, what type of surface the person lands on, or whether they hit their head. No matter how minor you think the injury is initially, you should still see your doctor just in case something turns out to be more serious.

Not only will it help your health, seeing a medical doctor quickly will also help any slip and fall litigation that might happen in the future.

Seeking Medical Treatment Will Help Your Case

Like any other insurance claim, being proactive makes a difference. To further the process, there must be evidence to consider. This evidence creates causation, which is the instrumental direct link to the incident and injuries suffered, proving the negligence of the property owner. Causation is usually the driving force behind any slip and fall claim.

It is smart for your overall health to get checked out after a serious fall. But it also helps your slip and fall case. In order to recover money damages for your injuries, you need to have medical evidence to support injuries. The property insurance company will want to see medical records that show the complaints, the symptoms of the injury, diagnostic tests demonstrating the injury, and the course of treatment recommended by the doctor. The more evidence that can be presented to the insurance company the more it will demonstrate the seriousness of the injury. If this happens, then the injured victim can be fully compensated for their injuries. The opposite is when the victim is seriously injured but refuses to seek treatment and/or refuses to follow through with their doctor’s treatment suggestions. If this is the case, the victim cannot then go to the insurance company asking for a lot of money when they have very little proof of the seriousness of their injury. Usually, people who are injured in slip and fall cases and have a significant amount of treatment are considered seriously injured.

Robert BatesRobert is a Kingsport trial lawyer who handles car, truck and motorcycle wreck cases across the Tri-Cities. Every client gets his cell number.