Personal Injury

Trip and Fall Lawyers in Atlantic Canada

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Winter is the reason most fall claims in Atlantic Canada exist. A parking lot plowed but not salted. A walkway cleared to a glaze. An entrance where meltwater refroze overnight. A trip and fall lawyer at this firm proves the occupier’s failure with evidence gathered in the first days, and watches two clocks, because a fall on a municipal sidewalk has a notice period far shorter than the two years to sue.

A Trip and Fall Lawyer Proves the Occupier’s Failure with Its Own Records in Every Province

The person in control of the property, whether the owner, the tenant, the manager or the snow-clearing contractor, must take reasonable care that a visitor is reasonably safe. The evidence is the occupier’s maintenance log, the contractor’s records, the weather data for the day, photographs of the surface within hours, and the surveillance, which the occupier overwrites within weeks unless a preservation letter goes out. Damages cover pain and suffering, lost income, future care and housekeeping loss. Outside auto claims there is no cap. Contributory negligence, that you should have seen the ice or worn other boots, is argued in every case and reduces a claim where the occupier proves it. Some municipal sidewalk claims require written notice within a fixed period, so we report a fall on public property in writing the week you call.

Two Provinces Have an Occupiers’ Liability Act and New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador Use the Common Law

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have Occupiers’ Liability Acts that state the duty. New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador have none and apply the common law, which reaches the same result by a longer route. Small claims limits are $20,000 in New Brunswick and $25,000 in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The superior courts differ, and Nova Scotia alone offers a civil jury on request.

Trip and Fall Claims Differ by Province

I Fell at a Friend’s House.

You claim on their homeowner’s policy. The insurer pays, and almost every residential fall claim is paid that way.

The Store Had a Wet-Floor Sign.

A warning sign is evidence and is not in itself a defence. Where it stood, whether you could see it from your approach, and whether the store should have fixed the hazard instead of signing it are all argued.

How Much Is a Broken Wrist Worth?

It depends on the recovery, your work and what the fracture leaves behind. A trip and fall lawyer values it once the medical picture is settled.

Read suing for a slip and fall on ice. Reported decisions are on the results page. The full list of claim types the firm handles is at injury law areas.

No Fee Unless the Claim Resolves

The first call is free and a lawyer takes it. There is no fee unless the claim resolves, and the firm carries the records and expert costs through the life of the claim. Contact the firm, or read what the firm can do.