Our team are expert in dealing with cases involving accidents in public places such as trips caused by defective pavements, slips on spilt produce in public areas such as supermarkets, playground accidents aswell as injuries to cyclists and motorcyclists caused by potholes in defective roads.

Sometimes tripping accident claims are straightforward but claims against premises owners such as supermarket chains and land owners such as local authorities often involve proving a number of issues before a claim succeeds:

You must prove exactly what it was that actually caused you to trip or fall;

You may then have to prove that what caused you to fall was a hazard. (It does not automatically follow that because you tripped on a defective paving slab, it was a hazard);

If you are able to overcome these two hurdles, you may then need to overcome a further obstacle in proving that the body responsible for the area where you fell or slipped did not have a reasonable cleaning or inspection regime in place.

Proving all of the elements necessary for a claim to succeed requires help from experts.

Our client was a customer at her local ASDA supermarket. It was a very wet day and rainwater had been walked into the front entrance of the store. This had been noted by staff there but they had not done anything to mop up the rainwater.

Our client slipped and suffered injury to her back and hip.

ASDA denied responsibility for the accident for over three years but we took them to court and eventually they caved in and admitted they were at fault for the accident.

Our client tripped and fell over a significant defect situated on Lever Street in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. We pursued a claim for our client's injured shoulder but the council denied responsibility claiming the defective pavement had not been noticed three days before the accident when they had inspected the area and so they denied it had existed at the time of the inspection. It was obvious the defect could not have arisen in the space of three days and we took court action which resulted I a settlement being achieved.

Whatever the circumstances of your claim, we at J S Miller are here to listen and do what we can to achieve justice and provide support to you whether we simply answer a few questions you may have or assist you in dealing with a full claim for compensation.

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