What is Florida’s Statute of Limitations for a Slip and Fall Accident

Knowing your rights after an injury accident and familiarizing yourself with the laws can protect your interests and ability to recover compensation. When filing any type of injury claim, doing so within the allotted amount of time is essential to your ability to recover financial compensation. The statute of limitations is the length of time that you have to file a suit, and it varies by state. 

Slip and fall accidents can result in broken bones, deep lacerations, head injuries, and death. The losses that a victim of a slip and fall accident sustains can be significant. It is imperative that to obtain the full amount of compensation for all damages, a slip and fall accident injury claim be initiated as soon as possible to avoid forfeiture of rights to compensation. An attorney can help you with this.

The Tampa slip and fall accident attorneys at Fulgencio Law can assist you with your slip and fall injury accident claim.

Florida’s Slip and Fall Claim Statute of Limitations

Florida’s slip and fall claim statute of limitations is four years from when your accident happened. This means that if you do not take legal action within four years of your accident taking place, then you will be unable to obtain compensation.

Injury claims can be complex, and many things must be done during the claims process. First, an investigation into your case must occur where evidence is identified and gathered to support your claim. It can take time to put all the pieces in place that make for a strong claim that can account for all of the losses you suffered and give you the best ability for optimal recovery.

Due to Florida’s comparative negligence laws, you may be owed compensation for the entirety of your damages or compensation for only a portion of your damages. The latter is true when you are determined to be somewhat responsible for your accident happening.

Some of the damages that a slip and fall injury accident claim can recover include:

Economic Damages

Tangible damages include the cost of medical treatment, medications, procedures, property damages, future medical costs, household expenses, as well as income loss, both current and future.

Noneconomic Damages 

Intangible damages that can be more difficult to quantify, such as emotional distress and pain and suffering.

Injury accidents are stressful, especially when you have sustained severe injuries. Your recovery could be painful and long. When you have an attorney on your side, you can have better peace of mind while you focus on healing because your attorney can handle the complicated claims process. This includes ensuring that unnecessary mistakes are not made, which can bar you from obtaining compensation, such as missing the statute of limitations for filing your claim.

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Property owners who do not maintain their premises so that they are reasonably safe or attend to hazards that may exist can be held legally accountable when injury accidents happen.

For help with your slip and fall claim in Florida, please call Fulgencio Law today at (813) 463-0123 to schedule a free consultation with a Tampa personal injury lawyer.