Nashville Slip And Fall Accident Lawyers

When you sustain injuries on someone’s property, you have to prove negligence existed at the time of the accident in order to be eligible for a financial reward. Negligence is the legal theory that one party’s failure to provide a reasonable duty of care led to someone’s injury and resulting expenses. Unfortunately, another type of negligence rule could impact the value of your case. Modified comparative negligence applies to incidents where the victim is partially responsible for their injury. In this scenario, your compensation would be reduced by the same percentage of fault that you share.

For example, if your total damages are $100,000, but you’re 20% to blame for the slip and fall accident, you would only be entitled to a maximum of $80,000. If you are 50% or more at fault for the accident, you would not be entitled to recover any amount of compensation.

There are five elements you’ll need to establish when you file an insurance claim or lawsuit:

Why You Need To Hire A Lawyer

When you hire Bill Easterly & Associates, we’ll handle each step of the legal process below:

Investigate: We will open a complete investigation into how the slip and fall accident occurred and who caused it. After reviewing the facts, we’ll determine if we should proceed with an insurance claim or lawsuit.

Evidence: We know where to look for vital evidence that increases the value of a case, such as:

• Incident/police report
• Security video footage
• Accident scene photos
• Company’s maintenance and repair logs
• Liability insurance information
• Injured party’s medical records and bills
• Names of employees working at the time the incident occurred

Witnesses: An insurance company will speak with anyone involved in the accident, including witnesses. If anyone saw what happened, we’ll track them down and ask for their version of events. If they can confirm what happened to you, an insurance company will have difficulty disputing the fact that the property owner was at fault.

Send notice: After a slip and fall accident, it’s best to mail the at-fault party a notice of claim informing them of the intent to recover compensation. We’ll also request a copy of their liability insurance policy to determine how much coverage is available.

Value of the case: After reviewing everything we find, we’ll come up with the right number to demand from the insurance company.



Lawsuit: If the insurance company denies your claim or offers an unfair settlement, we’ll move forward with filing a lawsuit.

Civil Statute Of Limitations In Tennessee

There’s a strict deadline you must comply with if you want to file a civil lawsuit. It’s known as a statute of limitations. The statute of limitations for a slip and fall accident in Tennessee is one year. That means you only have one year from the accident date to file, or you’ll lose your right to sue for compensation.

You might think that’s enough time to prepare your case, but anything can happen that delays the process, especially if you’re working on an insurance claim first. Some claims take years to resolve. By then, you could lose the opportunity to sue the at-fault party.



There are two exceptions to this rule that could potentially pause the clock if they apply to your case. They include the following:

• The property owner temporarily left the state before you had a chance to file your lawsuit. The clock would pause until they return, and their absence wouldn’t count towards the one-year statute.
• You were a minor or mentally incompetent at the time of the accident. The clock wouldn’t start until you turn 18 years old or become mentally competent.