California Slip and Fall Law Firm
Most of the time, when we slip and fall it is a result of our own clumsiness or failure to pay attention to where we are walking. However, people occasionally slip and fall through little or no fault of their own. For example, if an average person is walking down a set of stairs in an office building and the stairs collapse, causing that person to suffer serious injuries- shouldn’t the owner of the building be held liable? What about if the building owner had been warned several times by building tenants that the stairs were unsafe?
How about if you are walking down a dark sidewalk at night and you suffer serious injuries when you fall through a manhole left open by a careless power company repairman? Property owners may owe you a duty to keep their property reasonably safe from conditions that may cause you to slip and fall. When property owners are negligent in maintaining their property, and they had notice of a dangerous condition, you have a legal right to recover financial compensation for resulting injuries. Even if you sustained your injury on private property, you may be able to collect damages.
Unlike many other law firms, the Law Offices of Richard deSaulles is focused first and foremost on taking whatever steps are necessary to help you get whatever medical treatment you need- even if you lack the means to pay for your treatment. Our firm has relationships with a network of top quality medical professionals throughout California who will work on a lien basis- meaning they will provide treatment based upon an assurance by the Law Offices of Richard deSaulles that they will be paid once your case settles. If your injuries require the treatment of a specialist, we will do everything possible to ensure that you receive treatment from the very best specialist possible. In the past, founding partner Richard deSaulles would regularly seek out world-renowned specialists who provided treatment to famous professional athletes, and arrange for clients to be examined by these specialists. Some of these clients were indigent. At the Law Offices of Richard deSaulles, we believe that every client deserves the very best medical treatment available. Our firm motto is to only send clients to doctors if we would feel comfortable having those doctors treat our own loved ones.
Only after we are confident that you are on a course of proper medical treatment do we start taking the other important legal steps necessary to ensure that you and your loved ones receive the maximum recovery possible. A key factor in resolving personal injury disputes is the ability to successfully negotiate with insurance providers. Our legal team has experience negotiating with insurance companies. We will make sure the insurance company fully understands your situation following your fall. We take all the time required to carefully counsel clients injured in a slip and fall and to navigate you through the insurance maze in order to lead you towards personal and financial recovery.
We understand that sometimes no amount of money will adequately compensate for the pain and suffering incurred in a slip and fall. Nevertheless, we always focus on maximizing the financial recovery of our clients and we will never settle your case unless you consent to all terms of the settlement.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a slip and fall that you believe was not your fault, the Law Offices of Richard deSaulles may be able to help. Please feel free to either fill out a free online case evaluation or call today to speak to an attorney.
What if I Cannot Afford To Hire An Attorney?
Most of our clients do not have the thousands of dollars needed to retain an attorney and litigate their case. The Law Offices of Richard deSaulles regularly takes cases on a contingency basis. For cases taken on a contingency basis, this means:
- You do not have to pay anything to hire our firm to represent you;
- Our contingency fee is based on a reasonable percentage of the amount we obtain for you;
- We will never settle your case without your authorization; and
- If there is no recovery in your case, you do not owe us a fee.
For those clients who prefer to pay an hourly rate, our firm is happy to discuss such an arrangement. Either way, we will make sure that the terms of the representation are agreed upon before initiating representation.
