One of the most common types of personal injury lawsuit is the “slip and fall.” This is when the plaintiff has suffered an injury from falling in a place of business or even a private property. The struggles ahead of slip and fall plaintiffs include proving negligence and dealing with medical bills and lost wages. Lawsuit loans can help plaintiffs accomplish these tasks.
In court, the biggest hurdle a plaintiff will face is proving that the fall happened because of the owner’s negligence. The owners of these properties, whether they are a public place like a restaurant or department store or a private home, may be considered negligent if a person suffers an injury because of an unsafe situation. The owners cannot be held responsible in every situation, though. In order to be considered negligent, the injury must have occurred under specific conditions.
One of these conditions is that the owner of the premises, or one of their employees, caused the unsafe environment. This means that they spilled liquid on the floor or directly created the unsafe environment in another way. Another situation is that even if the owner or employee didn’t cause the unsafe environment, they knew of its existence and did nothing to prevent the accident from happening. When determining this, the court expects the employee or owner to have done what a reasonable person would have done in the same situation.
This is where things can get tricky. Also, it is usually taken into account whether the plaintiff was careless in any way. The issues of reason and carelessness are often the most disputed aspects of slip and fall cases and it is often what causes lawsuits to drag on for a long period of time. One of the complications of a long lawsuit is that the plaintiff is often suffering from medical bills and may not be able to work in order to pay these bills along with their everyday expenses. Oftentimes, defendants will count on the plaintiff’s financial constraints and will present a low offer. Unfortunately, plaintiffs often feel that they have no choice but to accept.
This is where lawsuit loans can help. In not only the case of slip and fall lawsuits, but in any lawsuit in which the plaintiff experiences financial difficulties, lawsuit loans give plaintiffs an advance on their settlement. This means that they can pay medical bills, mortgages, groceries, car payments, and some other expenses. Even better is that it gives plaintiffs the financial freedom to fight out their lawsuit as long as they need to and obtain the settlement they deserve.
About the Author: Steven Medvin is the Executive Director of SMP Advance Funding, LLC, which provides lawsuit funding to individuals who need a lawsuit loan for pending lawsuits. For more information please visit www.smpadvance.com.
