Brooklyn Home Depot Accidents

Many Brooklyn families view a trip to Home Depot as a fun way to pass a few weekend hours. Unfortunately, Home Depot stores have towering shelves filled with heavy products, sharp objects, lumber, and moving dollies, carts, and forklifts. With the potential for serious injuries, Brooklyn Home Depot store owners have a legal obligation to take all reasonable measures to prevent customer injuries. Unfortunately, store managers may cut corners or fail to effectively address safety hazards, resulting in a serious accident.

Call the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel to speak to a knowledgeable premises accident lawyer about your Home Depot injury case. An experienced premises liability attorney in Brooklyn can investigate the incident, preserve key evidence, and help you pursue the compensation you deserve.

Why Choose the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel?

After suffering a serious accident in a Home Depot store, you may feel overwhelmed by the prospect of a legal endeavor against a powerful entity. By choosing an attorney from the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel, you’ll have the following:

A free consultation and contingency-based payment, so you pay nothing until after your attorney obtains your compensation
The legal guidance of an attorney dedicated to tailoring the best possible legal strategy based on the details of your unique case
An entire legal team on your side with access to skills, knowledge, and resources to benefit your case

Over 25 years of experience representing injury victims in Brooklyn and throughout New York, with over $1 billion recovered for injured clients, puts a strong voice on your side.

What Causes Accidents In Home Depot?

Home Depot stores have hard cement floors, obstructed aisles, and many other obvious and hidden hazards. Common causes of injuries to Brooklyn Home Depot shoppers include the following:

Slip-and-fall accidents from spills or from tracked-in rain and snow
Trip-and-fall injuries from obstructions
Falling objects
Collapsing shelves
Sharp-tool injuries
Collisions with shopping carts, dollies, and forklifts
Falling appliances
Chemical exposures
Parking lot injuries

A claim against a Home Depot store after suffering a preventable injury requires careful navigation and substantial evidence of negligence on the part of the store’s management. Home Depot is liable for damages through an injury victim’s premises liability claim in Brooklyn.

Common Types of Injuries In Home Depot Accident Claims In Brooklyn

The dangers inherent in stores like Home Depot make serious injuries likely in the event of an accident. Still, store managers can effectively mitigate safety hazards through frequent inspections and prompt action to address potential problems. When they violate their legal duty of reasonable care, injuries such as the following can occur to customers:

Traumatic brain injuries
Fractures
Soft-tissue injuries like strains, sprains, torn ligaments, and tendon damage
Back injuries
Neck injuries
Lacerations
Abrasions
Contusions
External head, dental, and facial injuries
Crush injuries
Traumatic amputations
Chemical burns or toxic exposure illnesses

Home Depot stores are essential resources for home-improvement projects, gardening supplies, appliances, and hardware, but store managers must practice due diligence to prevent harm from coming to shoppers.

Damages In Brooklyn Home Depot Accident Claims

Even a muscle or tendon injury can be painful, expensive, and disruptive to the injury victim’s life. More serious injuries may require surgeries, medical procedures, and rehabilitation. A disabling injury impacts all aspects of life. Damages recovered in successful Home Depot Accident cases include the following:

Past and future medical expenses
Past and future income loss
Lowered future earning ability
Compensation for pain and suffering

In cases of catastrophic injuries, damages specific to the injury may be available, such as compensation for loss of limb, disfigurement, or the loss of one of the senses. Diminished quality of life or wrongful death compensation may also apply in Brooklyn Home Depot accident claims.

Contact the Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel

Instead of taking on a challenging legal claim alone or leaving your crucial compensation claim in the hands of an insurance company that prioritizes profits at your expense, call the Law Offices of Jay. S. Knispel for experienced representation throughout the process of your claim.