The National Safety Council (NSC) reports that in a 5-year period Americans suffered 24 million disabling and unintentional injuries. Although shops are always trying to entice customers with sales or special events, they may not work as hard to keep stores safe and free of dangers.. Most of these accidents occur on a normal day in your local grocery store, shopping mall, hardware, or department store.
There are countless potential dangers to customers at retail stores if a business isn’t doing all that it can to keep its premises safe for customers. Potential dangers include:
- Loose mats
- Improper or poor lighting
- Wet floors or spills without warning signs
- Products not properly secured or placed on shelves causing a falling or striking hazard
- Disorganized aisles and ragged products that cause tripping hazards
It is important to document hazards that were present in the store as well as your injuries.
We can help you.
If you are injured in a grocery, mall, restaurant, hotel, hardware, or other retail stores:
- Seek immediate emergency medical assistance if necessary – document care
- Report the injury to store management
- Document the dangerous condition/situation
- Make note if the store knows about the dangerous condition previous to your incident
- Request a copy of the incident report and contact information of store management
- Ask the store to preserve any video evidence from store surveillance
- Follow up with a medical professional – document ongoing care
If you or someone close to you has been the victim of retail negligence we can help . The Arreaza Law Firm can help. Alex Arreaza at the Arreaza Law firm has been representing the injured for almost three decades. Let our experience and Knowledge work for you. Remember the solution to your injury problem begins here..