What standing do I have if I slipped on water on floor at a store and it refuses to pay out anything?
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What standing do I have if I slipped on water on floor at a store and it refuses to pay out anything?
I have medical bills and loss of work because of this accident.
Asked on May 8, 2013 under Personal Injury, Tennessee
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you haven't filed a personal injury claim with the store's insurance carrier, you should notify that insurance carrier of your claim.
When you complete your medical treatment and are released by the doctor or are declared by the doctor to be permanent and stationary, which means having reached a point in your medical treatment where no further improvement is anticipated, obtain your medical bills, medical reports, and documentation of wage loss. Your personal injury claim filed with the store's insurance carrier should include these items. Compensation for the medical bills is straight reimbursement. The medical reports will document the nature and extent of your injury and will be used to determine compensation for pain and suffering, which is an amount in addition to the medical bills. Compensation for wage loss is straight reimbursement.
If the case is settled with the store's insurance carrier, NO lawsuit is filed. If you are dissatisfied with settlement offers from the store's insurance carrier, reject the settlement offers and file a lawsuit against the store for negligence. If the case is NOT settled with the store's insurance carrier, your lawsuit must be filed prior to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations or you will lose your rights forever in the matter.
If the store's insurance carrier has denied the claim, proceed with your lawsuit against the store for negligence after obtaining your medical bills, medical reports and documentation of wage loss when you complete your treatment and are released by the doctor or are declared by the doctor to be permanent and stationary. If the statute of limitations is approaching, file your lawsuit even if you haven't been released by the doctor or haven't been declared to be permanent and stationary because if you miss the statute of limitations, you will lose your rights forever in the matter.
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