Slip and Fall Accidents at Home Depot

Home Depot Injury Attorney—Slip and Fall Accident

Home Depot is one of biggest home improvement retail supply companies in the United States with over 2,000 stores nationwide. Home Depot operates 45 stores in Massachusetts alone.

Home Depot is known as a “Big Box” retail supply store. That is because most Home Depots stores are over 50,000 square feet and have a plain building design that resembles a big box. The company offers a wide range of products that are used in construction and home improvement jobs. It prides itself on being a one-stop-shop for do-it-yourselfers and professional contractors. However, given the size of their stores which are filled with aisles of products stacked high on shelving units that customers are encouraged to help themselves to, it is not surprising that  customers sustain injuries on a daily basis at Home Depot .

Home Depot Premise Liability Claims

It makes sense that customers expect to be safe from unnecessary and preventable injuries when they walk into and around a Home Depot parking lot or building. After all, the property managers, property owners, and business owners owe the public a legal duty to maintain their property in a reasonably safe condition. This duty requires them to take steps to warn customers of hazardous conditions on the premises.

A customer that sustains an injury because of an unsafe condition on Home Depot’s property could have a claim against the company. Several things must be proven in order to bring a successful injury claim. The injured party must be able to prove the following:

• Their injuries resulted from an unsafe condition on the property;
• Home Depot either knew or should have known the unsafe condition existed on the property;
• Home Depot failed to take reasonable steps to fix the problem or adequately warn unsuspecting customers of the hazard.

Common Accidents at Home Depot and other Big-Box Stores

The following are some of the most common Home Depot injuries our office has encountered over the years:

• Slip and fall accidents due to wet or slippery floors
• Slip and fall parking lot injuries due to snow and ice
• Failing to hire certified fork lift operator resulting in forklift injuries
• Injuries caused by falling merchandise due to stacking merchandise too high or not properly securing merchandise on shelving
• Improperly maintaining Home Depot rental truck
• Vehicle Backup Pedestrian
• Parking Lot Backover Accidents

Home Depot Slip and Fall Accident and Other Personal Injury Claims Attorneys

Pursing a Claim Against Home Depot

Home Depot faces so many injury claims on a daily basis that they have their own claims processing department. This department gathers the facts of the accident and information on the injuries and assesses the validity and value of the injury claim. The claims adjusters they employ are experienced and trained to settle claims for the lowest possible sum of money.

Our attorneys have brought many claims against Home Depot and aware of the procedures they employ when processing these claims. Hiring our firm early in the process will allow our attorneys the time needed to preserve any in-store camera recordings and locate and interview any eyewitnesses. We are relentless in our pursuit of these claims and do everything in our power to investigate and document the claim for settlement negotiations or future trial.

If you were seriously injured in an accident at Home Depot inside or outside of the store, parking lot, or anywhere on their property you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.  We offer a free legal consultation so you can discuss your case with an attorney to find out if you have a case — there’s no obligation and you pay nothing unless we recover for you.

We offer a free, no-obligation legal consultation to help you understand your rights and the value of your case.

Home Depot Slip and Fall Accident Claims Personal Injury Attorneys

Our knowledgeable and experienced Greater Boston accident claims and personal injury attorneys at the Law Offices of Gerald J. Noonan are available to assist clients throughout all of Southeast Massachusetts, including but not limited to Plymouth County including Brockton, Plymouth, Bridgewater, Marshfield, Hingham, Duxbury, Wareham, Abington, Rockland, Whitman, Hanson, Holbrook, Middleborough; Norfolk County including Quincy, Stoughton, Dedham, Weymouth, Braintree, Avon, Holbrook, Randolph, Canton, Sharon, Brookline, Franklin; Bristol County including New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton, Attleboro, Mansfield, Westport, Dartmouth, Easton, Raynham, Lakeville, Norton; Cape Cod, Hyannis, Falmouth, Barnstable and the Greater Boston area including Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, Everett, Lawrence, Lynn, Revere, Dorchester, Roxbury.

Example Home Depot Locations in Massachusetts