Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Missouri

tripping from a hole in a sidewalk

If you had been drinking and was walking home. You tripped on a board sticking out of a hole in the sidewalk, and you were seriously injured, and may not be able to use your hands again. Who would be liable for this. Thank You


Asked on 7/11/02, 12:32 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

Re: tripping from a hole in a sidewalk

In Missouri, depending upon who owns or maintains teh sidewalk, proving liability can be dificult. It is important to preserve evidence. If you have not retained an attorney yet, I urge you to obtain photographs of the hole with the board sticking out of it. Try to get them from various angles, and at the time of day/night that you fell.

If this occurred within 100 miles of Kansas City, I would be happy to speak with you regarding this matter.

Good Luck,

Tony Smith

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Answered on 7/12/02, 4:18 pm
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: tripping from a hole in a sidewalk

Those persons and/or institutions who injure others through their negligence must respond in money damages. Drunkeness is a factor which enters into the amount of damages, but is not a bar to a successful recovery. You will have to identify those responsible for the hazard which injured you, and pursue them through the civil justice system. Consult a Personal Injury Attorney in your town.

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Answered on 7/11/02, 5:17 am


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