The Trip, Slip and Fall in a Restaurant
Las Vegas, Nevada
Slip and fall injury claims
If your slip and fall in a restaurant accident resulted in a severe injury and you ended up in a hospital room, call us at 702-432-1000 to discuss your case.
You may have a valid negligence claim against the restaurant owner and restaurant management.
We don't charge for consultations.
Causes of trip, slip and fall in a restaurant
Many things can cause your slip and fall in a restaurant accident. It includes:
• Spilled food, drinks, or other hazards that restaurant employees didn't clean reasonably fast or didn't put a caution sign to warn the customers,
• The uneven pavement outside the restaurant,
• Torn carpets in a restaurant hallway,
• Broken floor tiles,
• Improper rails or stairs that are not maintained up to the building code and, therefore, not safe for customers to use,
• Wet floors and the lack of floor rugs during rain,
• Poorly lit parking lots.
At what types of restaurants do these accidents occur?
Slip and fall accidents often happen in fast-food restaurants, self-service restaurants, cafeteria-style restaurants, or buffet restaurants.
At the same time, there are cases of slip and fall accidents in 5-star restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip or elegant outdoor and indoor dinners.
Some restaurants serve alcoholic beverages, contributing to many slip and fall accidents.
What to do if you slip and fall in a restaurant in Las Vegas
• First and foremost, seek medical attention.
• Talk to the person in charge of a restaurant; make sure they completed a customer accident/incident report.
• Take many photos of your injuries and the area where you tripped and fell.
• Gather contact information from the eyewitnesses.
• Contact a slip and fall lawyer with experience handling accidents in restaurants.
When can you sue a restaurant?
Not every slip and fall accident in a restaurant results in a liability claim. For an accident to become a liability claim, the attorney must prove that the slip and fall in a restaurant dining area, bathroom, stairwells, escalator, elevator, or restaurant parking lot resulted from the negligence of a property landlord or restaurant management.
Most importantly, did the victim end up in a hospital and have many medical bills to pay after the accident, or did the accident result in a few scratches and minor bruises?
For further information, call us at 702-432-1000.
How long after a trip, slip and fall accident can you sue?
In Las Vegas and everywhere else in Nevada, you have two (2) years after the date of an accident to file a liability claim. All slip and fall in a restaurant accident claims fall into this category.
If you are partly at fault
In Nevada, you are entitled to accident compensation even if you are partially at fault (less than 51%). Often, the jury finds intoxicated during the accident victims partly at fault and thus entitled to a reduced settlement.
How does a slip and fall in a restaurant attorney get paid?
We take all trip, slip and fall accident cases contingently. You pay us only when we win your case.
Where does a lawsuit have to be filed?
The lawyers file a slip and fall liability claim in a jurisdiction where the accident occurred.
If your accident happened in Las Vegas, the local Las Vegas attorney files a liability claim against the restaurant (or rather against the restaurant's business insurance).
If you don't live in Las Vegas
After the accident, if you don't live in Las Vegas, the injured person will continue to receive medical treatment in their home city and state. Although medical care costs vary from state to state, the insurance company will recognize it if your medical treatment price is reasonable in your city and state.
We handle slip and fall accident claims for out-of-town visitors all the time. Often, our clients don't have to fly back to Las Vegas. We collect medical receipts and track the progress of the case, from inception to settlement, from our office in Las Vegas, and when the case settles, we mail the settlement check to our clients. Our attorneys and case managers can answer all your questions on the phone, via ZOOM, Skype, text, or whatever works best for you.
We can help
Every year our office handles hundreds of slip and fall liability claims. Many of them are cases of slip and fall in a restaurant.
To discuss your situation, call our office at 702-432-1000 and ask to speak with a slip and fall lawyer.
Consultations are free.
We represent clients in Las Vegas and other Nevada cities.
We also represent many tourists who got injured while vacationing in Las Vegas or Nevada.
Last updated on February 3, 2024.
