Legal Question in Personal Injury in California
I hurt my self working out at a 24 hour fitness my question is can i sue them, so what happened is i was working out on a free weight then on my way to return the weight back to the rack i twisted my ankle then fell hit my chest on a weight machine while carrying a 50 pound weight, because the flooring was not even.
2 Answers from Attorneys
You would have to prove that the unevenness of the flooring was what caused you to slip and that they knew or reasonably should have known about it and that some one might get injred because of it. Many juries would assume that you fell because you were physically tired from lifting weights. I do not know what precisely you mean by unevenness. It will not be an easy case ot prove. Many attorneys so not want to take a contigency fee case unless they believe they can earn at least $5,000 on it. You can sue for up to $7,500 in Small Claims Court and not have to pay the costs of having an accident reconstructionist and the treating Dr. testify.
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