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All property owners, businesses and municipalities are obligated by law to maintain their property so it does not present a safety hazard to the public. However, studies reveal falls are the major cause of injury-producing accidents. Over 8,000,000 people are injured in slip and fall accidents each year.

Individual property owners, businesses or municipalities, can be held liable for injuries sustained on their properties because of hazardous conditions encountered by the public. These hazardous conditions must have been known to the property owner and ignored or should have been known to the property owner. Hazards such as slippery floors, uneven roadways and sidewalks, icy or crumbling steps, poorly lit pathways and stairs, torn carpet, all represent possible dangers to an unsuspecting public.

The victim of a slip and fall accident can escape with bruising or sustain broken bones or a head or spinal cord injury that causes lifelong disability or even death. With proper legal representation if you have sustained an injury in a slip and fall accident you may be compensated for current and future medical expenses, rehabilitation expenses, income losses, pain and suffering and other losses encountered.

If you live in Huntsville, Alabama or the surrounding area and you or someone you care about has been the victim of a slip and fall accident, please contact an experienced slip and fall attorney at The Cochran Firm Huntsville, Alabama office today to schedule a confidential consultation at no cost to you to learn about your legal rights and what compensation you are entitled to.

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