On the Job Injury

Boston Massachusetts Personal injury attorneys – Slip and Fall Accident Lawyer Massachusetts

When he went to the loading doc, on his way back carrying a large bundle of items he walked though the same area and he tripped and fell due to a hose that had been left right in the middle of the walkway. He fell on his right shoulder. Because of this he suffered a tear to his rotator cuff and aggravated an arthritic condition in his low back.

We brought claim against the retail store, claiming that they were negligent, they denied negligence. They said my client was at fault for causing his own accident and that he shouldn’t have been there. Though discovery in the case we were able to learn that someone from the courtesy booth had brought the hose down to dispose of in the dumpster. But instead had left it on the floor. And and then our client came along and tripped on that hose. We were able to prove that my client had every right to be there because as a licensy he was properly in that area. And that he wasn’t at fault for causing that accident because the items he was carrying blocked his view of the floor.

Though that discovery process we were able to pursue the insurance company for the store decided to pursue this matter and the insurance company for the store decided to mediate the case, come to settle the case rather then take it to trial. At mediation we received a large settlement, six figure settlement, that compensated my client for his medical bills, his lost wages, his pain and suffering, and his permanent impairment as a result of the injury.