New Jersey Slip and Fall Injury Attorney

Unfortunately each year in New Jersey there are a large number of serious slip and fall accidents.  If you sustain a serious injury from a slip and fall accident in New Jersey, you need to find an experienced New Jersey Slip and Fall Attorney.  Then you can focus on getting better.  If you contact our personal injury law office, we will fight to get you financially compensated.  The important thing is to not delay.  There are certain deadlines and statutes of limitations in New Jersey.  Give our injury law office a call to make sure your legal rights are protected.

Do I Need a Lawyer if I Get Hurt on Someone Else’s Property?

Some folks come in and ask if they’re injured in someone else’s property, do they need a lawyer to pursue the case. I always tell them this: the first thing that’s going to happen is you’re going to get a call from an insurance company asking for a recorded statement. I advise no one to give recorded statements to insurance companies or even speak to insurance companies regarding an accident unless they have an attorney. It is well advisable that you secure an attorney under any of these circumstances, because the odds are, in our experience, when slip and fall injuries are concerned or injuries on people’s premises are concerned other than your own, the insurance companies are going to be reluctant to pay unless you have an attorney. So I’ll advise anyone under those circumstances to secure legal council as soon as possible.

I Tripped and Fell on a Sidewalk. Do I Have a Case?

In New Jersey, when we talk about responsibility for damages in the event someone slips and falls on a sidewalk in front of your property, the primary determinant is whether or not we’re talking about a business or a residential situation. A residential homeowner is not responsible for the condition of his sidewalk if someone falls and gets injured. I know that sounds strange, but unless that homeowner has tried to correct the condition and done it in a negligent manner that contributed to the danger, he is not responsible for care of his sidewalk. For a business owner, it’s entirely different. Anyone who owns and operates a business is responsible for the care and condition of his sidewalk. And if you fall in front of a business or any professional office, the owner of that establishment is going to be responsible for damages if it was caused, in fact, by the condition of the sidewalk.

If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident, contact an experienced Slip & Fall attorney at The Law Offices of Ronald W. Sage to learn your rights.