Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyer

Were you injured in a Michigan slip and fall? Do you have mounting medical bills and wage loss from a premises liability accident? Has a store or property owner’s negligence caused you serious injury, but they are now refusing to take any responsibility? Our Michigan slip and fall lawyers are arguably Michigan’s most successful and experienced in helping people injured in premises liability accidents, and we can help you recover the full compensation you deserve.

Obtaining legal representation right away can make all the difference in holding a negligent store or premises owner accountable when you are hurt on their property.

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Fighting for You After a Slip and Fall Injury or Death

Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyers specialize in helping people who have been seriously injured in a slip and fall accident, trip and fall accident, or any type of premises liability claim.  

When you visit a store or when a property owner invites someone onto their property, you have the right to assume it is safe to do so.

Unfortunately, when stores and property owners allow dangerous conditions to exist, or choose not to remove hazards and to make property safe, people can suffer serious injury or death when a slip and fall occurs. 

To make matters worse, negligent and careless property owners often refuse to take responsibility when an injury occurs.They too often try to blame others for getting hurt by the hidden dangers and dangerous conditions that they recklessly allowed to exist on their own property. 

The Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyers can help.

Our experienced Michigan slip and fall lawyers have the specialized knowledge, skill and proven track record of extraordinary success in all types of premises liability cases to hold negligent property owners and stores fully accountable for all of the harms and losses they cause.  

Our attorneys know how to beat the blame-shifting and the refusals by stores and property owners and insurance companies to take responsibility when someone gets hurt. We can stop negligent property owners from causing serious harm and then turning their backs on those they have negligently injured or killed. 

Our Michigan slip and fall lawyers will help you understand all of your legal rights and what a full and fair settlement will be that reflects the full value of the pain, injury, harms, and losses you have suffered.

The Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyers can help.

Our experienced Michigan slip and fall lawyers have the specialized knowledge, skill and proven track record of extraordinary success in all types of premises liability cases to hold negligent property owners and stores fully accountable for all of the harms and losses they cause.  

 Our attorneys know how to beat the blame-shifting and the refusals by stores and property owners and insurance companies to take responsibility when someone gets hurt. We can stop negligent property owners from causing serious harm and then turning their backs on those they have negligently injured or killed. 

Our Michigan slip and fall lawyers will help you understand all of your legal rights and what a full and fair settlement will be that reflects the full value of the pain, injury, harms, and losses you have suffered.

Meet Attorney Tim Holland

Tim Holland is arguably the most successful and most experienced Michigan slip and fall lawyer. Tim has litigated over 200 slip and fall, trip and fall, and premises liability cases throughout Michigan, including winning cases in Detroit, Sterling Heights, Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Ann Arbor.

Tim is a recognized national legal expert in the area of premises liability law, and has taught at legal seminars and national webinars to thousands of lawyers throughout the United States on successful settlement and trial strategies on slip and fall cases.

Tim has also written extensively on all areas of premises liability and slip and fall law, and he has taught the advanced premises liability course at Davenport University for Michigan personal injury lawyers and claims adjusters.

Tim has had extraordinary success for his clients in settling these cases, winning at trial, and he has also argued and won important premises liability cases in the Michigan appellate courts, including the case of Taylor v. Home Depot.

Extraordinary Settlement Results for Slip and Fall Victims throughout Michigan

What happens when you combine deep subject matter expertise with years of experience litigating over 200 slip and fall, trip and fall, and premises liability cases throughout the state of Michigan? The result is a proven track record of extraordinary settlement results.

$5.5

Million

Oakland County Premises Liability Settlement

The recovery our Michigan slip and fall lawyers were awarded in this case resulted from a dangerous condition on property causing serious physical injuries.

$4.6

Million

Wayne County (Detroit, Michigan) Trial Verdict

Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury as a result of a national retail pharmacy’s negligent display, maintenance and securing of dangerous merchandise.

$2.5

Million

Washtenaw County (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

A hidden dangerous condition on property.

$2

Million

Kent County Settlement

This confidential settlement our Michigan slip and fall lawyers won arose out of a Grand Rapids, Michigan accident.

$1.8

Million

A dangerous condition in a store caused our client serious injuries requiring surgery. 

$1.5

Million

Wayne County (Detroit, Michigan) Trial Jury Verdict

Our elderly client suffered debilitating and disabling injuries after being struck and thrown to the ground by the negligent operation of automated doors of a store.

$1.25

Million

Van Buren County

A South Haven, Michigan, accident led to this recovery.

$1.225

Million

Montcalm County

The accident in this case occurred in Edmore, Michigan.

$950

Thousand

Allegan County

This recovery involved an accident in Allegan, Michigan and was settled without a lawsuit even being filed.

Get Free Legal Advice from a Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyer

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Talk for free and with no obligation with one of our experienced Michigan slip and fall lawyers.  You deserve to learn what you may be legally entitled to if you’ve been seriously injured due to the negligence or carelessness of a store or property owner. We can help you understand your legal rights and help you recover a settlement that reflects the full value of your harms and losses. 

You can also request a free consultation with one of our experienced Michigan slip and fall lawyers. There is no cost or obligation to you.

Were You Given Bad Legal Advice by a Michigan Lawyer and Told You Don’t Have A Case?

It’s true that Michigan has a slip and fall law that is more difficult than most other states. But it’s just as true that too many Michigan personal injury attorneys do not fully understand this area of  law and often give bad and misleading advice. These attorneys mistakenly reject cases because they do not fully understand Michigan’s slip and fall law.  

There are a small handful of attorneys in Michigan who are truly premises liability specialists. Many attorneys who claim to also handle slip and fall and trip and fall cases do not understand how to properly document these cases to survive legal challenges, how to prove liability, and who the experts are that you need to win. As a result, far too many innocent and seriously injured people are mistakenly told that they have no case, when the reality is they do and a more sophisticated and experienced Michigan slip and fall lawyer could be successful in holding a negligent property owner or store accountable. 

Tim Holland and the attorneys at Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyers know this area of law. They are the attorneys who teach other attorneys how to successfully handle and litigate these cases.  If you’ve been seriously injured, whether on a sidewalk, in a building, inside a store or an apartment complex, or on another’s property, and told you have no case under Michigan’s premises liability law, call and speak to Tim for a free second opinion. Our experience and specialized knowledge in this area of law is why attorneys all over Michigan and all over the country refer to us cases that other attorneys turn away.  

Most personal injury attorneys in Michigan may not know how to litigate and win slip and fall cases. We do.  

Call Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyers today for a free consultation to find out how we can help you today.

Cases That Our Attorneys Handle

Our Michigan slip and fall lawyers know that these accidents can occur anywhere. These cases are often the consequence of ignoring and disregarding an obviously hazardous or dangerous condition by a building manager, store owner, property owner, or maintenance personnel.  

A slip and fall accident resulting in injury or death can occur because of:

  • Snow accumulation
  • Ice accumulation
  • Black ice
  • Wet floors (resulting from water or liquids that was not properly cleaned up)
  • Slippery floors (caused by spilled food products that were not properly cleaned up, cleaning products that were not properly removed, and/or other slippery substances (such as grease or oil) that should not have been left on the floor without proper warning to persons who may enter the area)
  • Standing water (puddles)
  • Slippery walkways 
  • Damaged and/or broken sidewalks (buckling cement, uneven walking surface, raised cement slabs, cracks and holes in the walking surface)
  • Potholes, broken pavement, and other obstructions in parking lots 
  • Potholes, broken pavement, and other obstructions in driveways
  • Debris, clutter or objects in a customer’s or visitor’s walking path (i.e., merchandise, furniture, tools, equipment, electrical cords, and/or trash obstructing the walking area in a store’s aisles)
  • Torn or loose carpet or rugs (floor coverings)
  • Bulging carpet
  • Broken and/or loose floor tiles
  • Uneven floors
  • Unsecured floor mats
  • Improper flooring seams
  • Loose floorboards
  • Step-ups and step-downs that are not properly marked
  • Non-functioning or insufficient lighting
  • Damaged or broken stairs
  • Damaged or broken steps
  • Crumbling or deteriorating steps
  • Broken, damaged, unstable, loose or missing exterior handrails
  • Broken, damaged, unstable, loose or missing interior handrails
  • Standing water on swimming pool decks 
  • Inadequate lighting
  • Lack of necessary lighting
  • Escalators, elevators and “moving sidewalks” that are not properly maintained
  • No posted warning signs (to alert visitors of the existence of dangerous property conditions)
  • Violations of building safety codes

A slip and fall injury can also occur anywhere at any time. For example, we have successfully helped people who have suffered slip and fall injuries at malls, retail stores, big box stores, professional offices, medical buildings, apartment complexes and apartment buildings, restaurants, hotels, movie theaters, airports, and even at private homes.

It is always important that you call a premises liability attorney right away after an accident so that the property owner is contacted and evidence of wrongdoing or negligence can be preserved. A letter to preserve evidence – especially video evidence and surveillance footage –  can help show what conditions were like and help prevent a negligent property owner from escaping responsibility for your injuries and economic loss damages.

Michigan Slip and Fall Lawyers

Frequently Asked Questions

If you or a loved one suffered injuries in a slip and fall accident, you probably have questions about what you should do next, whether you should retain a Michigan slip and fall lawyer, how much an attorney will cost, and how much compensation you may be entitled to. To get answers to your questions, please read our FAQs below or call us for a free consultation now for immediate help.

What is a slip and fall accident?

A slip and fall accident – which is also sometimes referred to as a trip and fall accident or a premises liability accident – is an accident where a person is injured or killed as result of coming into contact with a dangerous condition on another person’s property where the condition is either unknown, hidden, effectively unavoidable or unreasonably dangerous.

Do I need a Michigan slip and fall lawyer?

You need a Michigan slip and fall lawyer if a dangerous condition on the property or premises of another  has caused you or a loved one to suffer a serious injury or death. Premises liability cases are complex cases where liability is nearly always strongly contested. The property owner and insurance company will have attorneys at the ready immediately after an injury occurs. So should you.

An experienced Michigan slip and fall lawyer can protect you by immediately investigating and proving negligence by the property owner. 

The insurance industry’s own data shows that a person who is represented by an experienced attorney with a proven track record of success recovers significantly more money – and often much faster – than a person who is not represented by an attorney. This is even more important in premises liability and slip and fall cases, where there will always be a dispute on the extent of the dangerous or hazardous condition at the time of the injury. This is why hiring an attorney as soon as possible is so important in these cases.

How much does a Michigan slip and fall lawyer cost?

Nothing unless we win. Our Michigan slip and fall lawyers work on a one-third (1/3) or 33.3% contingency fee basis where we are paid only if we recover for you. Our attorney fee is a one-third percentage of the verdict or settlement that we win for our clients. Our attorneys will not cost you anything up front, nor will you have to pay for litigation or investigation costs or experts or litigation costs up front or out of pocket. All of these costs are advanced on your behalf and are reimbursed from any recovery. If there is no recovery, there will never be a fee or any costs charged to you, guaranteed.

By working for you on a contingency fee basis, we only get paid if you get paid. No recovery, no fee.  

 

What are the most common causes of slip and fall accidents?

The most common examples of dangerous property conditions that cause slip and fall accidents include:

  • Snow and ice accumulation
  • Black ice
  • Wet floors (water or liquids)
  • Slippery floors and walkways (water, liquids, food products, cleaning products (such as floor wax), other substances)
  • Damaged and/or broken sidewalks (buckling cement, uneven walking surface)
  • Potholes in parking lots and driveways
  • Debris, clutter or objects in a customer’s or visitor’s walking path (merchandise, furniture, tools, equipment, trash)
  • Torn or loose carpet or rugs (floor coverings)
  • Broken and/or loose floor tiles
  • Uneven floors
  • Improper flooring seams
  • Loose floorboards
  • Step-ups and step-downs that are not properly marked
  • Non-functioning or insufficient lighting
  • Damaged or broken stairs
  • Broken, damaged, unstable or loose handrails
  • No posted warning signs (to alert visitors of the existence of dangerous property conditions)
  • Violations of building safety codes

Is there a case for a trip and fall on an uneven sidewalk?

If you were injured from a trip and fall on an uneven sidewalk or a sidewalk with a defect, then our Michigan slip and fall lawyers may be able to help you recover pain and suffering compensation and economic damages from the city that was responsible for maintaining the sidewalk in reasonable repair.

What are the most common places where slip and fall accidents occur?

  • Big box stores
  • Grocery stores
  • Stores
  • Offices
  • Businesses
  • Retail pharmacies
  • Shopping malls
  • Restaurants
  • Bars and clubs
  • Hotels and motels
  • Casinos
  • Movie theaters
  • Sports arenas
  • Concert venues
  • Health clubs and gyms
  • Airports
  • Bus stations
  • Train stations
  • Hospitals
  • Nursing homes
  • Professional offices (doctors, attorneys, accountants, dentists, therapists)
  • Medical buildings
  • Workplaces
  • Apartment buildings
  • Condominium complexes
  • Private homes
  • Private residences
  • Schools and colleges
  • Government buildings

Do I have a case for a slip and fall on snow and ice?

You may have a case for a slip and fall involving snow and ice. If you fell on black ice, you will need to show that the average person would not have seen it “upon casual inspection.” If you fell on snow and ice while coming or going to work, you will need to show it was “effectively unavoidable