Slip and Fall Accident in a Marshalls Store

What is Marshalls store?

Marshalls store is a group of clothing stores located across the U.S and Canada. It was established by Alfred Marshall in 1956. To get a shred of evidence for personal injury against Marshalls, you need to maintain documentation and gather supporting evidence to show that your injuries are the result of your slip and fall at Marshalls, that is if you suffered injuries in a slip and fall at Marshalls. At times, those injuries can even result in broken bones or very severe injuries that can cause serious damages and if not properly treated, it can get more serious and can claim the life of that customer involved in the accident. Marshall's store is a very good and large retail store with a reduced and cheaper price.

Some of the damages that are claimed in a slip and fall accident against Marshalls:

• Property damages
• Permanent scarring and disfigurement
• Loss of consortium
• lost wages
• Mental anguish
• Medical bills
• Pain and suffering
• Long-term disabilities
• Loss of enjoyment of life

The Marshalls store sells goods at a reduced price. When you get involved in a slip and fall accident in the Marshalls store, your actions can increase your chances of getting full compensation. So, therefore, you need to do the following things:

• Take pictures of the scene

There are lots of phones that have good cameras, you can use the camera to record the scene, and even take pictures of your injuries. You can also write down all that happened to you. Taking pictures and videos of the spot the incident happened is helpful because it stands as proof to show what happened.

• Report your accident

It is important to inform the store manager about your accident. So that the manager can help file an accident report of the incident. Sometimes, the reason for that slip and fall accident might be as a result of the careless act of the workers or cleaners at the store, so reporting to the manager or store owners increases your chances of getting compensation.

• Seek medical care

After a slip and fall accident in a Marshalls store, you will be able to get compensation for the injuries caused by your fall if the cause was neglect on the part of the store. Seeking immediate medical care will help your injury heal faster. Urgent medical care can also keep you free from diseases that can contaminate your injury.

• Call a legal professional

Having the chance to speak to a legal professional (lawyer) can boost your chances of getting the damages you deserve. Legal professionals can easily help you when you have issues in cases where the store manager denies your chances of getting compensated or proper health care. It is always very challenging to try and negotiate a claim all by yourself, especially with a large retail store that has substantial financial resources to fight a legal challenge. But if you have a personal injury lawyer who can speak and give charges on your behalf, it becomes much easier to have a compensation discussion with the Store.

• Eyewitness Statements

When you want to determine the value of your case, the kind of injury and the severity of the injury, having an eyewitness around who can put a statement together can also help you to get full compensation.

Common Causes of store injuries

There are  several common causes of store injury, which are:

• Mechanical door breakdown
• Liquid spilled on the floor
• Faulty staircases, elevators, and escalators
• Jagged shelves and showcases.
• Sometimes, when it rains heavily, puddles of rainwater can create cracks, holes or other unhealthy features at the store entrance.

Although some persons who have been injured through no fault of their own would be thinking about the possibility of claiming compensation. The store also has its legal professional who can file that case. Due to how big Marshalls store is, some persons see it as a great opportunity to extort money from them by framing different untrue incidents to be used as a medium to getting some compensation values from the company, but with the help of the company's legal adviser, any fraudulent act found would be taken further and sued.

Marshalls store is protected by high-powered insurance agents. Marshalls representatives are concerned with protecting their bottom line after someone gets injured in their stores. So they do everything possible to make sure that the customer who got involved in the slip and fall accident is properly taken care of to avoid the company's name being tampered with. Once the accident is genuine, the representative of Marshalls store will make sure that all due compensations will be carried out.

All retail stores are advised to do everything possible to ensure their customers are safe and free from dangerous conditions that might cause injuries. The stores should be properly checked regularly by the managers or leading employees of the company and ensure that there is a safe environment for any customer that comes into the store to avoid a slip and fall accident or other severe accidents.

 The compensation value of your settlement can vary differently and is dependent on the overall extent of your injuries and the economic costs of your damages which includes your medical bills, the future need for medical care, and your lost wages. The kind of injury and the severity of the injury can also be looked at when determining the value of your case. The level of negligence you can prove will affect the overall value of your case. For example, if you fall because there wasn’t adequate lighting in the parking lot when you left, such cases could be severe and the fault of the store and its management or owner. Depending on the kind of injury you got would determine the value of your compensation.