When Spokane visitors and residents book rooms at local hotels, they shouldn’t have to worry about their wellbeing. But Hotels can get careless with the care and safety of rooms, stairways, and parking garages, putting guests at risk of accidents.
CCD Law helps hotel accident victims seek support for their hospital bills and their lost income. Hotel owners can be held fully liable. Contact a Spokane Hotel Injury Lawyer to find out how.
When Do I Need a Lawyer for a Hotel Injury Claim?
If your accident only involves a minor injury, or just property damage, you can probably handle your claim yourself just fine. But if your injury is more serious and hotel negligence was to blame, you should consult with a lawyer. An example of a serious injury would be something like a neck, back, or knee injury, a Traumatic Brain Injury, or a broken bone.
These injuries come with higher medical bills, and that sends hotel lawyers and insurers looking for ways to blame your accident on you. Your Spokane attorney can investigate what happened and use the evidence to make sure hotel owners take the blame. A lawyer is also a good bet to earn you much more than you could earn yourself when a serious injury is involved.
Taking Advantage of a Free Consultation
You may still wonder if you have a strong case or not and if you should bother filing. There’s an easy way to determine what’s best.
CCD Law provides a free, confidential case review to all injured victims. We will go over your options and what a careless hotel owner should be paying for. It’s a simple way to figure out what your injury is worth, and how to keep hotel insurers from limiting what you earn in support.
The Injury Support You Could Earn
It’s tough to say what you could earn without hearing about what happened to you and how long recovery is expected to take. Each case is different.
But the things you’ll demand support for become very apparent as you sit at home, in pain, trying to heal. You may be unable to go into work to earn a paycheck. You may be falling behind on your rent and car payments. That’s not to mention your doctor bills and physical therapy costs.
Your attorney would collect all of your hardships and damages and make sure they were addressed in a settlement check:
- Medical expenses and ongoing care
- Lost income or loss of future earning potential
- The pain you endured
- Emotional distress
- Loss of quality of life
Unfortunately, this support is not guaranteed. The hotel’s corporate lawyers will attempt to downplay your injuries and their effect on your life. They do this to try to get you to accept a lower settlement, often leaving you with a larger portion of the bills to pay yourself. Your CCD Law representative evaluates any settlement offer and rejects it to demand more if it doesn’t cover all of your hardships.
Spokane Hotel Accident Hazards
Spokane has some historic, nationally known hotels like the Davenport Hotel, and many lodging options around the Convention Center, such as the Hilton DoubleTree.
These businesses get high marks, but all hotels and motels have massive floor space, stairs, pools, and other spots where accident hazards can lie in wait. And when the staff of a motor lodge gets careless, the chances of a dangerous fall or an electrical shock only grow.
These are a few of the types of cases we help injured clients win:
- Slip-and-Fall Hazards – Spills left on the floor, soap left on the bathroom tile, or a slippery shower or tub bottom. Ice that goes unmopped on a hotel restaurant walkway.
- Hazards on Stairs – Puddles and debris on stairs can cause someone to take a devastating tumble in a hotel or in a parking garage. Broken or loose handrails can also cause painful injuries.
- Hotel Room Hazards – Guests can be allowed to touch exposed wiring for a life-threatening shock. They can be exposed to Carbon Monoxide (CO) leaks.
- Insect and Illness Hazards – Rooms and facilities are sometimes home to bed bugs that can make people sick. Viruses may be waiting on uncleaned surfaces and in public areas.
- Pool Hazards – Pools should not have standing water on slippery cement. Guests should never be left at risk of Salmonella and E. coli. Pool chemical levels shouldn’t be high enough to burn guests through exposure. A Spokane Drowning Accident Lawyer could help families who lost a loved one through a tragic drowning.
- Negligent Security – Guests who are exposed to unnecessary risk of assaults and robberies in Spokane can hold hotel owners liable. Hotel owners and operators are responsible for providing adequate protection and lighting for guests. They must be warned when there’s increased risk of crime in the area.
Whatever it is that ends up causing you to get hurt. Do yourself a favor and take a photo of the obstacle. This picture evidence makes for great proof of what happened, especially since that hazard will be cleaned up or repaired as soon as you leave.
Of course, only grab evidence if it’s safe to do so and after calling 911 if you need an ambulance.
Contact a Spokane Hotel Accident Lawyer
Speak with a Spokane Premises Liability Accident Lawyer at CCD Law about your case as soon as possible. Victims have up to three years to file an injury claim, but in that time evidence disappears, and witnesses can become hard to locate.
Contact us to receive a free case consultation within the first couple of days of your accident if possible. It’s an easy way to find out how to hold negligent property and business owners accountable after an injury or the heartbreaking loss of life.
There’s no obligation, and your case review is completely confidential. However, if you feel we can help you secure more for your case, you won’t need any money to hire our services. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you and your family. Then our fee comes out of the settlement a hotel is forced to provide.