Slip and Fall: What If I Was Drunk?

A person may slip and fall due to a poorly kept property. Icy surfaces or chemically slicked areas may cause people to tumble over, sustaining serious injuries when they fall. These injuries can create very high medical costs and may potentially result in permanent bodily damages. However, these individuals may not be sure whether or not they are allowed to file a lawsuit due to some factor that may leave them with partial blame for the injury, such as intoxication.

A person who slips and falls on another individual’s property often has the legal option of pursuing compensation for their injuries. However, this can become complicated if that individual is drunk at the time of the injury. Intoxication often leads to some sort of punishment if it leads to public destruction or nuisance even if that individual is not driving.

This is not necessarily the case with slip and fall accidents. These lawsuits consist of proving negligence for the injury. In many states, a lawsuit will assign a certain percentage of blame to each party involved in an injury. As a result, whoever is found negligent for a certain amount of the injury needs to pay that much. This means, in some cases, a person may still pursue a claim and receive some amount of compensation if they were injured in a slip and fall accident, even if they were intoxicated at the time.

For more information regarding your injury claim options, contact the Wausau slip and fall injury attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C., today at 800-242-2874.