Anthony Quackenbush is a Fort Lauderdale Retail Store Accident Lawyer who helps people after they’ve sustained serious injuries. A retail store is one that sells consumer goods or services to its customers. Some of the biggest retailers in the United States are Wal-mart, Costco, Kroger, Walgreens, CVS, The Home Depot, Target, Lowe’s, Albertsons, Apple, Best Buy, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Kohl’s, Verizon, Ace Hardware, 7-Eleven, AT&T Wireless, Ross, BJ’s, Gap, Bed Bath & Beyond, Autozone, Staples, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Sherwin-Williams, Toys “R” Us, Office Depot, Ikea, PetSmart, Foot Locker, GameStop, Burlington Coat Factory, Big Lots, and Advance Auto Parts.
All types of accidents may occur in retail stores. These may include trip and fall and slip & fall accidents. Because merchandise is being sold in retail stores at a high rate, things may end up on the floor. When this occurs and you trip & fall as a result, you may be able to pursue a personal injury case.
If you trip over an object lying on the ground or floor of a retail store, you will need to prove “notice” on the part of the store in order to pursue a successful case. That is, you will need to prove either that the store had “actual notice” of the object (i.e., the employees of the store either put the object on the ground/floor themselves or knew about it and failed to remove it) or “constructive notice” (i.e., the object was on the ground/floor long enough that the store should have been aware of it and should have removed it). In order to prove that the object had been on the ground for long enough that the store should have been aware of it, you can use circumstantial evidence. For example, if the object was dirty, then that would be evidence that it had been there for some time.
If you have sustained injuries in a retail store anywhere in the State of Florida (including Miami, Miami-Dade County, West Palm Beach or Palm Beach County), contact Mr. Quackenbush for a free, no-obligation consultation. This Fort Lauderdale Retail Store Accident Law Firm can be contacted at 954-448-7288. Mr. Quackenbush will talk to you about all aspects of your case for free.
Once you’ve hired Mr. Quackenbush as your lawyer, he will work on a contingency basis. This means that you won’t owe him anything up front. Mr. Quackenbush gets paid at the conclusion of the case.
If you slip and fall on a liquid substance (water, soda, juice, etc.) on the ground/floor in a retail store, then you also will need to prove either that the store had actual or constructive notice of the liquid substance.
Oftentimes, things can fall in a retail store and injure you. This can include unsecured merchandise or walls/ceilings in the store. Merchandise, for example, may fall if it isn’t properly secured or strapped down on the shelves off the store. Again, if you’ve been injured due to falling objects, you will need to prove that the store had either actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition.
You may also be injured due to “fixtures” in the retail store. Fixtures are objects that are permanent and not temporary. This could include stairs without handrails, steps that are too high, or “step-downs.”
If you are injured in a retail store, then it will be important to know if the retail store itself was the owner of the property where you were injured or if the store had a landlord. For example, if you were injured due to a fixture in a retail store (e.g., you fell down steps that were too high), you will most likely have a case against the property owner/the landlord since there was probably not much the retail store itself could have done to fix the steps. This would be true unless the retail store knew that one of the fixtures was dangerous and didn’t call the landlord to let them know. In that case, it would be the retail store (and not the landlord) that would be responsible. After all, if the landlord didn’t know of the dangerous condition, there would be no way for it to correct the problem.
Finally, employees in a retail store can cause you injuries. For example, they may bump, push or trip you and cause you injuries. In this case, you may have a personal injury case against the retail store itself. After all, a business entity is responsible for the actions of its employees under the legal theory of “respondeat superior.”
If you’ve been hurt in a retail store anywhere in Broward County (including Coconut Creek, Cooper City, Coral Springs, Dania Beach, Davie, Deerfield Beach, Hallandale Beach, Hollywood, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Lauderdale Lakes, Lauderhill, Lighthouse Point, Margate, Miramar, North Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Parkland, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Pompano Beach, Southwest Ranches, Sunrise, Tamarac, West Park, Weston and Wilton Manors), call Mr. Quackenbush for a free, no-obligation consultation. Mr. Quackenbush will give you as much time as you need.
Once he’s started work on your case, Mr. Quackenbush will work on contingency – which means that he won’t get paid until the conclusion of the case. You won’t have to pay anything up front, so there is no risk to you.