The property owner’s insurance company could offer to deliver a compensation package. Still, if the victim did not feel that he or she had received a fair deal, then the same victim might initiate a personal injury lawsuit.
Actions that could help victim to win such a case
Seek a medical evaluation within the 24-hour period that followed the accident
Follow the doctor’s orders, while undergoing a treatment program
Save the bills from any doctor’s appointments, and from any facilities that had offered diagnostic services.
Save any parking stubs from any parking lot outside of a doctor’s office, clinic, or other building with medical services.
Using a journal or diary to record the frequency, the intensity and the duration of any painful sensation, after suffering the accident-linked injury. It also helps to record the nature of that sensation: Was it a piercing pain, a burning pain, a dull, unrelenting pain, a gnawing pain, or a throbbing pain?
How the victim’s preparation for a deposition could help him or her to win such a case
The victim should be ready to answer the sorts of questions that the injury lawyer in Oakville for the defendant (property owner) might ask
—How did you fall, after slipping? Did you fall on your head, your back, your side or your stomach?
—Had you been watching where you were stepping, during the moments before you slipped and fell?
—What sorts of shoes did you have on that day?
—How soon after that incident did you go to a hospital or see a doctor?
The victim and potential witness should understand what actions might have a non-verbal message
—The act of crossing the arms over the chest, or crossing the legs sends a non-verbal message; it suggests that the person being questioned has tried to create a barrier between him/her and the questioner.
—The act of staring at the questioner causes him/her to feel uncomfortable; a habit of looking down, suggests that the witness does not want to face the questioner.
—An act such as that of playing with the hair or toying with a ring seems to suggest that the witness is nervous. Lawyers do not want their clients to appear nervous, when on the witness stand.
The witness should be given some guidelines.
—It is not necessary to have an immediate answer for each question. The witness should take some time, before responding to the lawyer’s query.
—By the same token, it is ok to say, “I do not remember, “ if that happens to be the case. Lawyers understand the memories become hazy over the passage of time. Members of the jury may not have formed the same understanding, regarding memories.