Slip & Fall Premises Liability Attorney in Kansas City, Missouri

What advice do you have for someone injured in a slip and fall accident?

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in a slip and fall accident one of the
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most important things is documentation
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because unlike a rear end car crash
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where liability is clear in a a slip and
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fall or trip and fall they will always
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blame the person who fell because they
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weren’t looking at the ground because
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they have the shoes that they were
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wearing because they want to assign some
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contributary fault to that person and a
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lot of times by the time they have
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retained us all the evidence is gone and
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so while it may seem unsavory it is
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really important if somebody has that
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kind of a an event that they or someone
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with them take photographs of the
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uneven stair cement the hole the unsafe
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condition whatever that unsafe condition
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is because it may be the only time that
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can be documented before the insurance
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company gets involved and cleans up the
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mess or covers it up and then their
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their claim can be very very difficult
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to prove

Kansas City, MO personal injury attorney Rachel Smith gives her advice for someone injured in a slip and fall accident.

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