How Your Hip Fracture Could Have Been Prevented

Approximately 75% of people who suffer hip fractures will not make a full recovery.  What’s worse is that in many cases the hip fracture could have been prevented in the first place.

About 90% of hip fractures occur because of fall accidents.  While, sometimes, a fall is an unforeseeable accident, other times the fall that caused the injury could’ve been prevented.  For example, if a building owner or manager knew that a floor was slippery and failed to warn guests or customers, then the building owner or manager could be liable for the injuries.  This would also be true if a hand railing was broken and not fixed or if a stairwell was poorly lit and a person fell and got hurt.

In order to determine if your hip fracture could’ve been prevented, it is important to understand the cause of your accident and whether the building owner or manager knew or should have known about the cause.

The New Jersey and New York slip and fall attorneys of Hofmann & Schweitzer will investigate the cause of your accident and whether or not the condition should’ve been known about and fixed by the property owner or manager.  If your slip and fall hip fracture injury could have been prevented, then we will help you recover damages.

Contact a New York and New Jersey premises liability lawyer today for more information.  We can be reached at 1-800-362-9329 or via our online contact form.