Legal Question in Personal Injury in Pennsylvania
Injury on the property of a supermarket
How do I determine what type of action to take if my boyfriend was injured on a supermarket's property. He fell due to a crack in the curb that was slippery from rain.I notified an employee
who took a report. My boyfriend hurt his ankle and knee. At the emergency room, hey put him in a wheelchair(he could not walk),and gave him a shot of morphine. After an x-ray, they told him there was no damage, and to go home.There is obvious damage and we're getting a second opinion. Do I have a case against the market or hospital?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Injury on the property of a supermarket
If you are not married, you have no cause of action. Your boyfriend has a case against the market if he can show: the crack was either caused by the market or was there long enough that it should have known about it; that the crack and not the rain caused him to slip; and that he was exercising due care for his own safety. Statements made to the market after the fall may hurt his chances if he blamed the fall on the rain. Even if there are injuries, there is probably no case against the hosp unless it missed something drastic i.e. an internal bleed that led to surgery that would have been unnecessary if caught at the hosp. Call if you are in the Phila metropolitan area.
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