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Queens Grocery Store Slip and Fall Injury Lawyer

We rarely give a second thought to stopping into a Queens grocery store for a gallon of milk, to pick up dinner ingredients, or for a full week’s groceries. While you may feel safe in your corner grocery store or the large, national chain supermarket where you frequently shop, a slip-and-fall injury can happen in an instant when a store owner or manager doesn’t promptly address safety hazards or perform routine maintenance and repairs.

A slip and fall attorney in Queens will fight for the compensation you deserve for your injuries after an accident.

Call (212)-564-2800 or reach out online to schedule a consultation free of charge.

What Causes Grocery Store Slip and Fall Injuries In Queens?

Grocery stores have hard, slick floors, and aisles that are prone to clutter and spills. The most common causes of grocery store slip-and-fall accidents in Queens include the following:

• Spills, mopping, leaks, and tracked-in rain or snow
• Trip-and-fall accidents from merchandise stacked on the floor, spilled produce products, and cracked tiles
• Loose or curled floor mats or carpets
• Inadequate lighting
• Improper floor cleaning products that leave an overly slick surface
• Uncleared ice or snow from parking lots and entryways
• Parking lot slip-and-fall hazards, such as loose gravel or cracked pavement

All property owners have a duty of reasonable care to anyone legally on their property, but commercial property owners have an enhanced duty of care to those they invite onto their property (invitees) for business purposes. When a grocery store owner in Queens fails to take reasonable action to correct fall hazards, a customer can suffer serious injury.

What Types of Injuries Happen In Grocery Store Slip and Fall Accidents?

A sudden slip can throw a store customer wildly off-balance, causing overextended muscles and vertebrae. Then the fall victim suffers blunt-force trauma on impact with the floor, sometimes hitting obstacles as they fall. Common injuries in Queens grocery store slip-and-falls include the following:

• Traumatic brain injuries ranging from concussions to more serious brain injuries, such as hematomas and diffuse axonal injuries
• Soft-tissue injuries (sprains and torn ligaments or tendons) to knees, ankles, wrists, and shoulders
• Neck injuries
• Back injuries
• Fractures, including hip fractures in the elderly
• Lacerations, contusions, and abrasions
• Facial and dental trauma
• Spinal cord injuries

Under Chapter 8, Section 1411 of New York’s pure comparative negligence system, when your slip-and-fall accident in a Queens grocery store causes injuries that require medical care and interfere with your ability to work, you have the right to seek compensation if the injury could have been prevented by the store owner’s or manager’s reasonable care.

Recovering Compensation After Grocery Store Slip and Fall Accident In Queens

Injuries are more than just painful; they also require expensive, time-consuming medical care and sometimes prevent an immediate return to work. A severe injury may leave you facing an uncertain earning future. A successful claim against a negligent store owner or manager could recover common damages such as the following:

• Total past and future medical expenses and out-of-pocket costs
• Total past and future income loss or reduced future earning ability
• Compensation for pain and suffering
• Compensation for permanent harm, such as disability, chronic pain, loss of enjoyment of life, permanent scarring, or diminished quality of life

In a Queens slip-and-fall injury case, the fall victim is the claimant or plaintiff, giving them the burden of proof to demonstrate the store owner’s liability. The evidence must show that the store owner knew of the danger or should reasonably have known about it, owed a duty of care to the injured person, and breached that duty through negligence. A Queens premises liability lawyer must prove that their injury caused financial consequences (damages).

Contact a Queens Grocery Store Slip and Fall Injury Lawyer

Slip-and-fall injury claims are typically filed against the negligent store owner’s property liability insurance. Unfortunately, insurance companies are not on your side after a fall, and they may protect their profits at your expense or actively undermine your claim.

Reach out to a Queens grocery store slip-and-fall lawyer from The Law Offices of Jay S. Knispel online or call (212)-564-2800 for experienced legal representation to protect your best interests.