Gardener Trip And Fall Attorney

As an employee in California, you are covered by one of the most robust worker’s comp programs in the country. All employers are legally required to participate in the program and pay all the costs to cover their employees with this insurance. If you get hurt while at work, you have the right to open a claim with the program and seek benefits to cover your losses and expenses. The help you receive can include:

• Coverage of all medical expenses related to workplace injuries up to a total of $1M per injury incident
• Reimbursement of your lost wages up to a total of 66% of your regular weekly income
• Partial or temporary disability compensation if the harm you suffered due to the workplace injury creates a decreased earning potential
• In cases that result in harm that is so severe you will never be capable of returning to work as a gardener, you can receive free vocational training to help you prepare for a new career path when you have recovered and are ready to rejoin the workforce

Working outdoors, there are many possible hazards a gardener might encounter in their workday. These issues can be due to weather-related issues, simple accidents, or caused by negligence and can include:

• Holes or ruts in the ground
• Litter and debris in the yard
• Downed tree branches
• Hoses or electrical cords left in the yard
• Damaged or uneven paved surfaces or walkways
• Poorly marked or unmarked changes in elevation, such as steps or ramps
• Damaged or worn steps
• Missing or damaged safety handrails at steps

The hazards that could cause a gardener to trip and fall are widely varied and account for the many injuries suffered in these incidents, which might include one or more of the following:

• Fractured, broken, or shattered bones
• Compound fractures
• Dislocated joints and destruction of the soft connective tissue of the joints
• Soft tissue damage and nerve tissue destruction
• Back, neck, and spinal cord damage
• Severe lacerations and puncture wounds

• Damage to internal organs and internal bleeding

• Partial or complete amputations
• Injuries to the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or the delicate skin on the face
• Head injuries ranging from a skull fracture or severe concussion to a brain bleed or other traumatic brain injuries

Just because you suffered a trip and fall on a customer’s property does not mean you have the right to file a personal injury lawsuit. In many cases, a trip and fall is simply an accident, and you will use the benefits of worker’s comp to cover your expenses and lost income. However, in some cases, you could have the right to file a personal injury lawsuit against the property owner if they failed to fix a known trip and fall hazard like a damaged or broken sidewalk that caused your injuries.

All property owners are legally obligated under premises liability law to maintain their properties in a safe and hazard-free condition. If the property owner failed to repair a known trip and fall issue that caused your injuries, they could be deemed negligent in their duty of care and face a lawsuit from you. If you feel that the owner of the property where you tripped and feel was negligent in their duty of care, please reach out to DTLA Law Group today to speak to a gardener trip and fall attorney to further explore your options.

As the victim of personal injuries, you have the right to pursue legal action to secure compensation owed to you for the losses and expenses created by your injuries. The items that can be included in the claim are called allowable expenses. Working with your DTLA Law Group gardener trip and fall attorney, you will gather all the documentation to verify your allowable expenses used to determine the amount of compensation sought by the case. Items most often used in the process include but are not always limited to:

• The cost of all current and projected medical expenses related to the trip and fall injuries
• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the trip and fall injury incident
• Your lost wages if the harm sustained prevented you from working at your regular job until you were fully headed and cleared by your medical care providers to return to work
• All legal fees related to preparing, filing, and litigating your gardener trip and fall accident injury lawsuit

You must also understand that if you are opening a worker’s comp claim and filing a lawsuit, you can only claim each expense once. If worker’s compensation is paying your medical bills, you cannot seek that cost from the property owner as part of your personal injury lawsuit. However, you can include any items in your lawsuit compensation that are not paid by worker’s comp, such as the value of personal property that was damaged and the remaining part of your lost wages over the maximum 66% paid by worker’s compensation.

When opening a worker’s compensation claim for a workplace injury, you have only 30 days from the date of the injury incident to open the claim. If you wait longer than 30 days to contact the program and attempt to open the claim, it will be immediately denied, and you will receive no benefits to help cover the cost of your workplace injuries.

As a victim of personal injuries, you are allotted two years from the date of the injury incident to file your lawsuit with the court. This time limit is strictly enforced, and once it expires, you will lose the right to ever seek compensation for the losses and expenses caused by the injury incident via a personal injury lawsuit. It is also critical you are aware of the limited exceptions that would provide added time to file your lawsuit once the original time limit has passed. Please keep these factors in mind and contact the expert legal staff at DTLA Law Group as quickly as possible to ensure you understand how long you have to use the crucial benefits and options to seek the help you deserve.

At DTLA Law Group, we understand the challenges and monetary hardships faced by injury victims. We also know that many of these victims never seek the compensation they deserve because they cannot afford the cost of expert legal services. Please know that when you hire DTLA Law Group, we never ask for any upfront payments. Instead, our firm only gets paid after the case is completed, and you have the compensation needed to cover your legal fees and expenses. In addition, if your DTLA Law Group gardener trip and fall attorney fails to win the case and deliver the compensation needed to cover your fees, you owe the firm nothing for its time and investment in preparing and litigating the lawsuit. Please make time today to contact the caring and hard-working team at DTLA Law Group to learn more about the options available to you to secure the money that will allow you to move past this painful and challenging incident.

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