Five important things if you slip/trip and fall at a business:
1. Determine what caused the fall (take a picture). “I don’t know” doesn’t prove anything.
2. Get witness names, addresses, and phone numbers. “Some lady helped me up but I didn’t get her information” is no help.
3. Report the fall promptly to management. Otherwise, how do you prove your injury happen there?
4. Seek prompt medical treatment if injured. “I thought I would get better in a few days so I didn’t get medical treatment” also calls into question whether you got hurt there at their business.
5. Have a lawyer contact the business promptly to request that video surveillance be preserved.
Remember – it does not matter what happened; it only matters what you can prove happened. The business is not liable just because you fell on their property but you must prove it was their fault. Many cases are lost within minutes of the fall because evidence was not preserved.
