Slip and Fall Lawyer

    JERSEY CITY, NJ, January 08, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Whether you're visiting someone's home or a business, you expect there to be certain precautions taken in order to ensure your safety. In fact, it is required by law that owners of both homes and businesses take steps to guarantee that visitors are kept safe. If you slip, fall and are injured on someone else's property, the owners of that property may be held liable for the costs of such injuries.

If you suffer an injury due to a slip and fall on someone else's property, you may be entitled to receive compensation for:

- Medical expenses
- Current and future lost wages
- Pain and suffering
- Potential future medical expenses

In order for you to be entitled to compensation it must be proven that the property owner was negligent and that a hazardous condition existed. A hazardous condition may be temporary or permanent. Examples of temporary hazardous conditions are an icy sidewalk or a spill in the aisle of a grocery store. Permanent hazardous conditions may include cracked concrete or broken stairs.

If the property owner was aware of the condition that existed that caused you to slip and fall and did not fix it, they may be held liable. It is also possible, however, that you may have had some fault in the accident as well. Laws vary from state to state, but New Jersey allows you to receive compensation even if you were at fault in the accident. Laws concerning slip and fall accidents can be complicated, which is why it's important that you contact a slip and fall attorney (http://www.anthonycarbonepc.com/attorneys.html) so that he or she may assist you in getting the compensation to which you may be entitled.

New Jersey uses comparative negligence to determine how much you are at fault and how much the property owner is at fault. Any damages that you are entitled to may be decreased in proportion to whatever liability you are accountable for. A knowledgeable slip and fall lawyer will explain the complicated laws governing slip and fall accidents and fight to help get you the money you deserve.

If you live in or around Jersey City or Newark, New Jersey and would like to learn more, please visit the website of the Law Offices of Anthony Carbone, P.C. today. (http://www.anthonycarbonepc.com/slip-fall-injury.html)

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