Haley was one week away from getting off crutches and starting her senior year at the University of Alabama. After a major leg surgery, months in a wheelchair, and weeks on crutches, she was eager to leave the crutches behind and get on with life, school, and enjoying all the things that go along with her final year of college.
Then, during move-in weekend, a quick errand to a big box store changed everything.
As she roamed through the store, she didn’t notice the translucent blue cleaning solution that had spilled onto the floor. With no wet floor sign, the substance blended into the dark concrete floor.
Her crutches slipped on the liquid, and she fell, all her weight crashing down on her nearly healed leg. As someone who had undergone numerous surgeries and injuries, Haley immediately knew that something was wrong.
After the fall, Haley did all the right things. She documented the scene. She filed an incident report. She called her doctor. She iced, elevated, and took anti-inflammatory medication.
The incident set her injury back by months. Instead of getting off crutches to enjoy her senior year, she was on them for nearly her entire senior year.
“The places where my bones were screwed together—the pins and screws that were holding my leg—snapped. I had re-broken my leg in different places and torn my MCL,” Haley said.
And then, to her dismay, when it was time to take legal action, no one would help her. Haley went to four other firms, and they all said the same thing: She had no case. She had too many preexisting leg injuries.
Finally, when she sought out Alabama Personal Injury lawyers, LLC, Tracy W. Cary wasn’t deterred. He understood that preexisting conditions do not excuse a business from keeping its premises safe. More importantly, he gave her something she had been struggling to find – someone who believed her.
“When Tracy said, ‘I think I can help you,’ it meant the world to me,” Haley said. “It felt like somebody was not only saying they could help me recoup some money, but that somebody believed me. I felt seen, like the pain and suffering I had experienced was validated.”
Tracy helped her recover a settlement that brought financial relief at a time when medical bills were piling up and her future felt uncertain. The recovery helped her move into the next stage of life on stronger footing, including starting graduate school and putting a down payment on a condo in Nashville.
For her, the result meant more than compensation. It meant validation. It meant knowing that when others said no, Alabama Personal Injury Lawyers, LLC was willing to stand up for her.
Haley’s trust in Tracy was so strong that when she got in a car accident in Tennessee a year after the slip and fall incident, Tracy was the attorney she called.
Serious falls can change lives in an instant. If you were injured because a business failed to keep its property safe, Alabama Personal Injury Lawyers, LLC is here to help you move forward. Contact us today for a free consultation.