When you drive to a store, you expect to leave the parking lot in your car, not in an ambulance. Unfortunately, people have had to be carried out of a Hobby Lobby on a stretcher more often than you would think. Serious injuries can take a toll on your life because of both the need for long-term medical care and associated financial hardships. The medical bills combined with lost wages can seem impossible to handle.
One of the main responsibilities a store has is keeping anyone who visits safe. Most places do a great job of keeping hazards at bay, but occasionally potential hazards are ignored. Disregarded complaints from customers about spills can lead to slip-and-fall accidents that are a direct result of the store’s negligence. Luckily, state laws make it possible for those with serious injuries to file claims against the responsible parties to seek payment of damages to compensate them fairly.
Personal injury attorneys can help you file and pursue a claim with Hobby Lobby’s insurance company so you can recover the amount of compensation that is appropriate, based on the severity of your injuries. Your lawyer has the knowledge and experience to negotiate a fair settlement.
Hobby Lobby and other craft stores have hazards to those you might encounter in many other stores. If the store is managed properly and the hourly employees are fulfilling their duties, most hazards will be removed before they cause any accidents. However, nobody is perfect and there are times that a store is understaffed or unexpectedly busy or for some other reason the employees aren’t doing their job properly.
You may think that a craft store is a pretty safe place and usually it is. There are, however, some hazards that people run into from time to time:
If you walk from one aisle to another and there’s, say, a clear pool of liquid there that you don’t even see, you could be on your back, in pain, completely unexpectedly. If the liquid had been there for a while, that means the employees didn’t properly monitor the aisles or monitored but didn’t promptly clean up the spill (or put up a warning sign). In circumstances like this, the store’s negligence caused your accident. On the other hand, if you fall for no apparent reason while you’re texting on your phone, you may not be able to prove the store was at fault.
Personal injury cases can certainly be difficult because the store’s insurance company does its best to justify denying your claim or paying an insufficient amount.. It would be wise for you to contact a personal injury attorney to take on your case. It won’t be cost prohibitive because personal injury lawyers often offer free consultations and they work on contingency, meaning they don’t get paid until you do. If the insurer won’t offer a fair settlement and you have to go to court, you definitely don’t want to enter the courtroom without representation.
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