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Do You Have a Personal Injury Case Involving a Restaurant? Learn How an Attorney Can Help

Accidents at restaurants typically involve premises responsibility. The settlement procedure, which resembles a protracted negotiation, can be assisted by a personal injury attorney. Keep reading to learn more and then contact Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas at 909-982-0707 if you require a free legal consultation.

Common Personal Injury Cases Involving Restaurants

Virtually all restaurant injuries come into one of the following three categories: slip and fall accidents, burn injuries, and food poisoning injuries make up the majority of premises liability claims. Some of these injuries can be severe, leading to a personal injury claim. Others can be lethal and lead to a wrongful death case.

Accidents Involving Slip and Falls or Premises Responsibility

Premises liability legislation is applicable to many restaurant injury lawsuits. These injuries were brought on by hazardous conditions on the premises or property of the restaurant. Many entail a slip and fall, but not all do.

Examples of premises liability or slip and fall injuries are: falling when your chair broke, falling on a hidden step, tripping over a folded floor mat or another potentially dangerous floor condition, slipping on wet pavement, sliding on ice in the restaurant’s parking lot, and being a victim of a crime on the restaurant’s property as a result of the establishment’s lax security.

Property owners typically have a legal duty of care to discover and correct dangerous problems on their property. In a slip and fall case, the restaurant may be held accountable if it neglects to take those precautions and you are injured as a result.

Burns in a Restaurant

Burn injuries can also occur in restaurants. This could occur if the food or a beverage is too hot, the plate on which the food is served was heated too much by restaurant personnel, or you come in contact with hot cooking equipment. Many of these injuries may give rise to claims for premises responsibility. Because they did not take reasonable precautions to ensure your safety, the restaurant is accountable for your injuries.

Injuries from Food Poisoning

You can also develop food poisoning in a restaurant. This may occasionally land you in the hospital. It might even endanger life. It may occur because the food was negligently permitted to decay before being served, the restaurant disregarded a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food recall, the restaurant purchased tainted food from a supplier, or the restaurant negligently hired a cook who did not know how to prepare or treat food for consumption.

In any of these scenarios, the restaurant or their supplier may be held accountable for your food poisoning.

What Damages May I Be Awarded in a Personal Injury Case?

You have a right to compensation for your legal damages. These are all of the ways that you have suffered from the occurrence. It contains both economic and non-economic harms.

Your economic damages are those that can be simply quantified in terms of money. These include the medical expenses you have incurred as a result of a restaurant injury. It also includes your lost pay if you were absent from work. If your disability was disabling and limits your ability to earn a living, you are also entitled to compensation for your reduced earning capacity.

Your non-economic damages are those that are difficult to quantify financially. These consist of the discomfort you endured as well as the lack of companionship your family experienced while you were hurt.

To find out more about the options available in your specific situation, contact Law Offices of Fernando D. Vargas at 909-982-0707 for a free legal consultation.