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Slip and Fall: Uneven Ground.

The owner of property has a duty to make sure the ground is level and
free from edges that can cause you serious injury. Many times,
property can become dangerous because of a broken step, uneven
surface (parking lot, sidewalk), natural land subsidence, or the roots of
a tree causing the property to change shape and become a dangerous
condition
. We will investigate to determine whether you can recover
for injuries from a slip and fall from uneven ground or a broken step.


Our Goal: Your Peace of Mind

You deserve to know your rights following a slip or fall related injury.
We'll sit down with you and answer all your questions. An attorney
(not a paralegal) will discuss your case with you in detail, free of
charge. You'll come away from our meeting with a full undertanding of
your case and some peace of mind.


Experience Pays.

An experienced trial attorney can evaluate the premises and determine
whether the uneven ground was the type that could allow you to
recover for your injuries.


The Premises Owner and Notice.

In some instances, the premises owner must have actual notice of the
condition that made you fall. In other instances, constructive notice is
enough. We will evaluate your particular case, and whether the
premises owner knew or should have known that property was
dangerous by virtue of it being poorly lit, containing snow or ice, or
otherwise having uneven ground that made you fall.


Not Sure Who Owns the Property?

There is a statute of limitation period that governs all slip and fall
cases in Pennsylvania. Don't delay in calling us following your fall.
Moreover, if a governmental entity owns the property where you were
injured, then you must give them prompt and timely notice of the
accident.


We Will Prepare the Case.

We'll obtain your medical records to further evaluate the value of your
fall related injury. In particular, we will obtain your medical,
chiropractic, and physical therapy records including diagnostic tests.
We'll consider your pre-existing conditions (if any), and we'll consider
the full extent of your new injury, such as a aggravation, sprain,
strain, fracture (broken bone), or otherwise. We will also put the
property / premises owner's insurance carrier on notice of the incident
and get the case moving forward.


We Will Investigate.

We'll contact the property owner and set up a time that we (the
lawyers) can actually inspect the place you fell if it did not occur in
public. We'll look at whether the property owner had notice of a
dangerous condition of the property and/or whether a dangerous
conditions still exists in the form of a broken step, uneven ground,
poorly lit conditions, or excessive ice or an unnatural collection of
water, for example. We'll interview witnesses and fully evaluate the
case to best support the allegations you are making. We'll consider
whether any other party can be fault, such as a contractor
responsible for maintaining the property and/or keeping it in a safe
condition.


We Will Negotiate.

We'll work to convince the property owner or his insurance carrier that
slip and fall accident happened as you say, and that you are entitled
to the money you seek. We can help negotiate down the value of any
unpaid medical bills in certain circumstances and/or try to prevent
unpaid bills from going into collections. We will commence litigation and
aggressively pursue your fall accident claim as your zealous advocate.


Rely on Our Courtroom Experience.

We've handled personal injury cases at all levels of litigation in
Pennsylvania: magistrate (district justice), compulsory arbitration, UIM
arbitration, UM arbitration, jury trials, superior court appeals, appeals
to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and federal court cases. We've
conducted out of state depositions, depositions for use at trial, we've
handled cases throughout West Virginia. You can rely on our
experience to know what kind of evidence is most important to
maximize the value of your claim.


WIDE GEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE AREA

We have offices in Western Pennsylvania:
Allegheny, Beaver County,
and Washington County to serve you following a slip and fall accident.
If you cannot come into one of our offices for some reason, we can
arrange for a meeting in any area throughout Western Pennsylvania,
including: Allegheny County,
the City of Pittsburgh and the neighboring
villages and townships throughout Allegheny County including:
Cranberry Township, Wexford, Sewickley, McKees Rocks, McKeesport,
New Kensington, Bethel Park, Latrobe, Ford City, Murrysville,
Canonsburg, West Newton, Franklin Park, the Pittsburgh airport area,
Plum, Versailles, Altoona, Johnstown, Moon Township, Fox Chapel,
Oakmont, Ross (North Hills), Evans City, McCandless, Bellevue, Avalon,
Brighton Heights, Shaler, Monroeville, the Monroeville areas. We also
handle cases throughout Beaver County, including Monaca, Hopewell,
Ambridge, Center Township, Aliquippa, and Beaver Falls. We will tell
you the money value of your slip and fall accident case in
Pennsylvania. We also service the pan handle of West Virginia,
including Morgantown, Weirton, and Wheeling. In Pennsylvania, we
handle cases in Westmoreland County (Greensburg), Indiana County,
New Castle, Findlay, Hopewell, including western Pennsylvania
communities in Butler County, Kittanning, Beaver County, Washington,
Westmoreland County, Lawrence, Venango, Indiana County, Greene
County, and Armstrong County.



Offices:

Allegheny, Beaver,
Washington Counties

Call Any Time!
Weekends and
Evenings:

412.400.5476

412.400.5476
Free Consultation!

No Fee Unless We Recover.
We can come
to your location or
give a telephone
consultation.