Retail Store Injuries Questions & Answers
Straight answers to what people ask most. These hold wherever you were hurt — for the deadlines and rules that depend on your state, choose your state below.
How Do You Prove a Store Knew About a Hazard?
Proving the store's notice is usually the heart of a store injury case, and it is done with the store's own evidence. A store can be responsible in three ways: where it created the hazard, where it had actual notice (someone reported it), or where it had constructive notice — the hazard was present long enough that a reasonable inspection should have found and addressed it.
Read the answer →Does the “Open and Obvious” Defense End My Claim?
Not necessarily. One of the most common defenses stores raise is that a hazard was 'open and obvious' — that you should have seen and avoided it. But this argument is frequently disputed, and it does not automatically defeat a claim.
Read the answer →How Much Does a Store Injury Lawyer Cost?
We handle retail and grocery store injury claims on a contingency basis for the cases we take, which means there is no fee unless we recover for you. The fee is a percentage of the recovery, and if there is no recovery, you do not owe an attorney fee.
Read the answer →Questions about the law in your state?
Filing deadlines, fault rules, and limits on damages differ by state. Choose where you were hurt for answers under that state's law.
General information, not legal advice. Every situation is different, and the law differs by state.