Call Earley Before It’s Too Late!Boston universities have sprawling campuses with thousands of students and visitors passing through them every day. With this kind of traffic, it’s inevitable that slip and fall accidents will occur. But who is liable for your losses if you’re injured in a slip and fall on a Boston university campus?
In most cases, the college itself is the liable party. However, additional parties may have contributed to the accident, so it’s crucial that you work with a Boston premises liability lawyer who can also identify and hold these additional parties liable. Contact Earley Law Group for a free consultation with an experienced slip and fall lawyer about your case and to learn more about The Earley Experience.
How Our Boston Attorneys Can Help After a University Slip and Fall
When you hire our Boston premises liability attorneys to handle your university campus slip and fall lawsuit, you can rest assured that your case is in good hands. While you focus on recovering from your injuries, our team will handle all aspects of your case and put our decades of experience to work to seek the maximum compensation available.
Our slip and fall lawyers in Boston will investigate the incident to identify all at-fault parties and gather the available evidence necessary to hold them liable. We’ll also calculate the total value of your losses, draft your demand letter, and file your lawsuit. After that, we’ll negotiate with the university’s insurance company on your behalf and seek a settlement that covers all your losses.
If the insurance company refuses to offer a fair settlement for your college campus slip and fall injuries, our lawyers are prepared to take your case to trial and seek the compensation you deserve.
What to Do After a University Slip and Fall in Boston
After a Boston university slip and fall, you should take the following steps to strengthen your legal case against the university:
- Seek Medical Attention – It’s crucial that you not only seek immediate medical attention for your injuries but also follow up with all your medical treatment until you fully recover or are not expected to recover further. This will show the insurance company that you took your injuries seriously and make it harder for it to claim that your injuries aren’t severe.
- Track Medical Bills – Any time you receive a medical bill related to the incident, keep it so your lawyer can use it when calculating your medical expenses.
- Document the Scene – Take photographs of the hazard that caused your slip and fall, such as a wet floor, icy sidewalk, or uneven stairs. If your injuries prevent you from doing this, you can have someone else take the photographs for you.
- Report the Incident – It’s important to report your slip and fall to the university as soon as possible so it can file its own report and remedy the hazard so nobody else gets injured.
- Avoid Providing a Statement – The university’s insurance company may contact you for a statement about the incident. You should decline to provide one and direct them to your lawyer instead. When they do this, the insurance company is trying to get you to say something they can use to deny or devalue your case.
- Consult a Personal Injury Lawyer – One of the best ways to protect your right to seek compensation in a University of Boston slip and fall case is to consult an experienced lawyer and allow them to handle all correspondence with the university and their insurance company.
Who Is Liable for a Slip and Fall Accident at a Boston Campus?
Premises liability law, which is the category of law that governs slip and fall cases, allows injured parties to hold property owners and managers liable for injuries caused by dangerous conditions on their property. Usually, liability for slip and falls on campus falls on the university. Universities are responsible for keeping their campuses safe from hazards that could put students, faculty, and visitors at risk of harm.
However, before thinking about suing a university for a slip and fall, it’s important to understand that other parties could also be liable for your damages, depending on the circumstances of the incident. For example, colleges may hire third-party companies to clear snow and ice from their sidewalks in the winter. If one of these companies did an inadequate job and you slipped and fell as a result, it may be liable. In addition, if the university hires a company to clean its buildings and you slip and fall on a wet floor, that company could be liable.
When you speak with an attorney who has experience with slip and fall accidents at a university, they can assess the incident to point to the parties who showed negligence.
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Can You Sue a Boston University After a Slip and Fall?
Whether you’re a student, visitor, or faculty member, you can sue a Boston university for your injuries in a slip and fall. However, to successfully recover compensation, you must show that the school knew or should have known about the hazard, that it failed to take reasonable steps to rectify it, and that this failure led to your injuries.
Our lawyers can gather supporting evidence, such as eyewitness statements and security camera footage, to back up your claims and help you seek damages for your injuries.
How Long Do You Have to File a Slip and Fall Claim Against a Boston University?
Under Massachusetts’ statute of limitations for personal injury cases, you have three (3) years to file a lawsuit against a Boston university for injuries sustained in a slip and fall accident. You must file your lawsuit within this period or risk the courts barring you from recovering compensation for your injuries. This is one of the many reasons why you should turn to a Boston personal injury lawyer who’s familiar with campus slip and fall lawsuits and can file your claim on time.
Talk to Our Boston University Slip and Fall Attorneys Today
Earley Law is a skilled team of personal injury attorneys in Boston, MA, led by attorney, author, legal columnist, and speaker Christopher Earley. We have been providing comprehensive legal support to Boston residents for 20 years and have received more than 700 Google reviews for our quality service and results for accident victims. Here’s what our client, Matt O., had to say about working with us:
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Our firm is also known for The Earley Experience, which defines how we treat our clients. When you work with our legal team, we’ll treat you with respect and compassion, maintain frequent and honest communication about your case, put in maximum effort for maximum compensation, and never charge you anything unless we win.
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