A slip and fall case will usually occur as a result of someone falling on another person's property. While the majority of these cases tend to occur as a result of a fall on a business' grounds, they can also include slipping and falling on a person's residential property. Below are two reasons to hire a personal injury attorney to help you out with a slip and fall case.

Dispute Accusations Of Carelessness

One of the most common approaches that a business or home owner will take when someone has taken a spill on his or her property is to blame the accident on the person that fell. This approach typically consists of the property owner claiming that the person who fell was not paying attention to his or her surroundings. This is a popular approach because if the property owner can prove that the accident was avoidable by someone paying a reasonable amount of attention then your case will be thrown out. 

However, a lawyer can help you avoid this issue by attempting to prove that the person who owns the property is consistently negligent. One way that the lawyer will attempt to accomplish this is by talking to other guests and visitors to the property where the accident occurred. The reason for this is to gather evidence of negligence by seeing if the other visitors or customers mention that spills consistently take a long time to be cleaned, obstacles are left strewn across walkways and aisles, or if the property owner rarely removes snow from entry and walkways.

Investigate The Site Of The Accident

A lawyer can also help to strengthen your case by investigating the site of the accident to find proof that negligence was involved. A few of the major signs of negligence that your attorney will look for are damaged stairs, lack of guardrails on stairs, poor lighting conditions, or walkways that are in poor repair.

Another thing that a lawyer will specifically look for is signs that any damage to the property was repaired very recently. This is due to the fact that a property owner may attempt to hide his or her negligence prior to going to court by repairing the items that led to your fall. 

Make an appointment with a personal injury lawyer today to discuss your legal options after you have been involved in a slip and fall accident. A lawyer can increase your chances of winning your case by attempting to prove that negligence on the part of the business owner was the cause of your accident and not careless on your part. To find out more, speak with someone like Risley Law Firm, P.C.