Shopping at a large hardware store or big box store like Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, Menards, Best Buy, or Costco is not quite the same as your routine trip to the grocery store. In these massive stores, you can access all the common smaller items like paint, small hardware, and fasteners. However, there are also countless other oversized items that small stores do not offer. To make your shopping experience as enjoyable and straightforward as possible, these stores provide large dolly carts to pile a mountain of large or oversized purchases. These carts are typically low to the ground and wider than a typical shopping cart, making them easy to load.
While you might love using these carts when shopping for big box items, they can also pose some safety hazards when they are not appropriately used or abandoned in a store aisle. Sadly, it is not uncommon for a shopper to come around the corner of an aisle at Home Depot or Lowes with a few items in their hands, only to trip and fall over a dolly cart that was left just around the corner. Being low, these carts are easy to miss as you are watching for people standing at the corner or even for them to be obscured behind freestanding displays or pallets of merchandise. But regardless, the result can be a nasty dolly cart trip and fall injury.
If you or a family member have recently suffered a dolly cart trip and fall injury incident in a local store, please know that you are not alone in facing the hardships and stress created by the injuries and extenuating circumstances. The expert legal team at Normandie Law Firm is ready to help. Our staff can be reached around the clock. Hence, you never need to worry about your rights as the victim of a personal injury and how you might be able to seek compensation to help cover what feels like an ever-increasing mountain of medical bills and other expenses.
After answering your time-sensitive legal questions, our pro will also offer to help you book your free consultation with a skilled dolly cart trip and fall injury attorney at Normandie Law Firm. During this meeting, you will share all the facts of the injury incident and the harm you sustained. Once your attorney has all the vital information and details, they will explain the legal merit of the claim and if you have reason to file a dolly cart trip and fall injury lawsuit. Then all the choices are up to you. Our staff will never try to persuade you to file a lawsuit. In addition, even after this free consultation, you are never obligated to hire our firm. However, you are always free to pursue legal action with to without legal representation. Our only goal is to ensure that all personal injury victims have the information and resources needed to protect themselves and their financial stability from ruin because of injuries caused by someone else’s negligence. Please contact our staff today to discuss your options and the time remaining to file your claim with the court.
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Common Injuries Caused By A Dolly Cart Trip And Fall Incident
When you imagine tripping in a store while shopping, the result to picture is likely only a few scrapes and maybe some bruises. However, that is genuinely the best case you could hope for after a trip and fall incident. In many instances, the actual result of the trip and fall is a severe injury or multiple injuries. The proximity to metal shelving, wood pallets, and the impact with a concrete floor can do significant harm to the human body. Sadly, some of the more severe injuries resulting from a dolly cart trip and fall incident include:
- Dislocated joints or destruction of the soft connective tissue of joints
- Soft tissue and nerve damage that could result in permanent limitations
- Back, neck, and spinal cord damage
- Fractured, broken, or shattered bones in the arms, hands, legs, and torso
- Severe lacerations and puncture wounds that could include damage to internal organs and internal bleeding
- Injuries to the delicate skin on the face or harm to the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
- Head injuries that can range in severity from a severe concussion or skull fracture to more serious brain bleeds or other traumatic brain injuries
Even if you think the injuries suffered in a dolly cart trip and fall incident are minor, please seek a complete medical evaluation. In many cases, these incidents result in traumatic shock for the victim that can mask the pain of injuries and cause them to worsen without immediate medical care. After getting the medical care needed for the harm you sustained, please reach out to Normandie Law Firm. Our staff can be reached 24/7 to help you begin a plan to overcome the challenges caused by your dolly cart trip and fall injuries.
Who Is To Blame For The Dolly Cart Trip And Fall Injuries I Suffered?
Determining who is to blame for a dolly cart trip and fall injury is more complicated than simply assigning blame because the incident happened in a Lowes, Home Depot, or Menards store. For you to hold the store accountable for the harm you sustained, there must be proof of negligence on the part of the staff that caused or contributed to your injuries.
The owner of a property or, in this case, the store staff are legally obligated to ensure the safety of guests under premises liability law. They have an obligation to inspect the space for safety hazards and correct them or to eliminate safety issues reported by patrons in a reasonable amount of time. If the staff fail to promptly take appropriate action when a safety hazard is present, they can be deemed negligent in their duty of care. Furthermore, if the store fails to provide proper storage for items like dolly carts, there could be a claim of negligence.
For you to file a lawsuit for a dolly cart trip and fall injury incident, there must be store or staff negligence that caused or contributed to the harm you sustained. While working to determine this criteria sounds challenging and stressful, please know that the team at Normandie Law Firm has decades of combined experience in working through this process and assisting clients like yourself in securing the compensation that is owed to them. Please allow our experts to handle this process for you so that you can be free to relax and focus on your healing, knowing our staff will never stop until we have the justice and compensation you deserve.
What Is The Average Compensation Awarded For A Dolly Cart Trip And Fall Lawsuit?
Victims of personal injuries must understand that there are no predetermined values for certain accidents or injuries. The legal system carefully evaluates each lawsuit and awards compensation based on the actual expenses and losses of the victim in the case. You will work closely with your dolly cart trip and fall attorney at Normandie Law Firm to compile all the documentation needed to support the compensation request submitted with your lawsuit. The items that are typically used in this process include but are not always limited to:
- The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the dolly cart trip and fall incident
- Your lost income if the harm you sustained prevented you from working at your regular job until you made a complete recovery
- All current and estimated future medical expenses related to the treatment and rehabilitation of the injuries sustained in the dolly cart trip and fall incident
- All legal costs and expenses related to preparing, filing, and litigating your dolly cart trip and fall injury lawsuit
Finally, in cases involving severe harm and a lengthy recovery process, it is permitted to seek added compensation for the victim’s pain and suffering. Your legal team at Normandie Law Firm will research recently resolved cases with similar details to ensure they recommend a reasonable amount for this aspect of your compensation.
How Long Do I Have To File A Lawsuit?
The time limit to file a lawsuit with the court is called the Statute of Limitations. In the case of a personal injury case, the time limit is two years. It begins on the injury incident date and is strictly enforced for only two years. Once the Statute of Limitations expires, the victim no longer has the right to seek compensation and justice for their losses due to the injury incident via a lawsuit. Please reach out to Normandie Law Firm to discuss the time remaining for you to pursue a lawsuit if that is the course of action you wish to follow.
What If I Cannot Afford Upfront Legal Fees?
Please understand that the staff at Normandie Law Firm understands the financial issues that a personal injury incident can cause. Our payment policy was designed to eliminate the stress of upfront payments. Instead of demanding these payments to start working on a case, we get paid for our work and investment in the process of building your case after the matter is resolved, and you have the compensation needed to cover your legal costs. In addition, if your dolly cart trip and fall injury attorney fails to win your case and deliver compensation, you owe Normandie Law Firm nothing. Please contact our staff today to learn more about this possible resolution to your issues caused by a dolly cart trip and fall injury.
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