Lowe's Accident Lawyer in Florida

Lowe’s has over 2,000 locations nationwide with over 124 stores in Florida including in Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Clermont, etc. It is the second-largest big-box DIY store in the United States and carries a wide range of home improvement products as well as tools, heavy equipment, machinery, appliances, flooring, décor, and gardening supplies. Lowe’s warehouse-style layout means that products are frequently stored on large pallets on the floor or stacked to the ceiling requiring heavy equipment to retrieve. Unfortunately, the wide array of products stored high and wide combined with the size of the warehouse where heavy machinery is being operated adjacent to where customers and employees are traversing often results in accidents with injuries. 

If you’ve suffered an injury during a visit to a Florida Lowe’s, or while using rented or purchased equipment from Lowe’s, you should seek immediate legal assistance from a skilled and experienced Personal Injury Lawyer Near You like David B. Datny at The Datny Law Firm. As soon as your accident is reported, Lowe’s will seek to take advantage of the situation and your lack of representation. Protect your rights. Call 561-221-7474 for a FREE consultation directly with Lowe’s Accident Lawyer David B. Datny.

Lowe’s Accidents

Due to the nature of many of Lowe’s products, just visiting a store can be hazardous. For instance, saw blades, drills, and other sharp or pointed tools can cause serious lacerations and other damages. Unsecured products stacked on high shelves can fall on top of customers or employees resulting in traumatic brain injuries, facial lacerations, cervical disc injuries and the like. Although, slip and fall accidents are the most common type of hazard at any store including Lowe’s due to a host of unsafe conditions ranging from aisle obstructions to broken product and debris on the floor to slippery substances like spilled water, gas or oil. There are many other types of accidents that take place at Lowe’s in Florida and elsewhere including:

• Slip and falls due to wet or slick floors caused by spilled oils, paints, or other chemicals at Lowe’s;
• Trip and falls from dirt, garbage or other debris on the floor at Lowe’s causing you to lose your footing;
• Sidewalk or parking accidents due to broken pavement; raised or sunken flagstones, or other holes
• Falling products at Lowe’s due to unsecured merchandize or equipment (e.g., falling pots in the garden department, falling tile, falling t-posts, unsecured doors or lumber falling from racks);
• Dog bites or other animal related injuries at Lowe’s as the store is pet friendly; 
• Forklift accidents at Lowe’s;
• Defective products sold through Lowe’s;
• Car or truck accidents caused by Lowe’s owned vehicles or rental trucks, whether driven by an employee or a customer;
• Shopping cart accidents at Lowe’s;
• Rental equipment accidents due to improper inspection, maintenance and repair of the same by Lowe’s

Florida’s premises liability law requires any business that allows the public to visit has a responsibility and duty of care to keep the premises safe for everyone. If there is a hazard, Lowe’s employees are required to take care of it, whether cleaning a floor spill, putting up a hazard sign, or blocking off an aisle until an employee can finish cleaning or securing stock that’s obstructing the walkway or other unsafe condition. The Datny Law Firm helps customers/employees injured at Lowe’s hold the store accountable for breaching its duty to keep you safe.

Lowe’s Accident Injuries

Some of the most common types of injuries we deal with following an accident at Lowe’s are listed below. Whether a mere contusion or a more significant fracture, all are serious, require medical attention, result in out of pocket expenses to the victim, and should not have happened but for the negligence of Lowe’s. One of the things we do at The Datny Law Firm is help our Client’s get the medical attention they need for their injuries and then fight to hold Lowe’s accountable for payment of the same. 

• Broken bones and fractures
• Contusions/sprains/strains
• Spinal disc injuries including herniated or bulging discs in the neck or back
• Paralysis
• Head injuries (especially from falls and falling objects) including traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and concussions; 
• Lacerations
• Torn ligaments and other joint damage including knee tears, shoulder tears, hip tears and the like.
• Burns from chemicals
• Amputations
• Wrongful Death

What Kind Of Compensation Am I Entitled To After a Lowe’s Accident in Florida?

Injuries such as these can be life changing and result in limitations in activities of daily living, ability to work, large out of pocket medical expenses and future medical costs that are substantial and would not have been necessary had Lowe’s provided a safe store for its customers. When The Datny Law Firm brings a case against Lowe’s some of the most common damages we seek for our injured clients include:

• Past medical expenses including for emergency medical care (ambulance, hospital, emergency room doctor)
• Future medical expenses including long term care, maintenance care, diagnostic monitoring, pain management or anticipated surgeries. 
• Lost wages, past and future, for missed time from work or inability to work in the future due to a permanent disability or even for reduced earning capacity due to a partial disability
• Other expenses associated with your accident such as disability-related modifications to your home and/or vehicle
• Pain and suffering (past/present/future)

As you can expect, whether you have health insurance or not, the out-of-pocket costs following an accident at Lowe’s can be astronomical if not bankrupting. You and your family should not bear the consequences physically or financially due to the negligence of Lowe’s. Despite what a store manager or claims adjuster might try to tell you immediately after an incident, Lowe’s will not voluntarily pay for your medical bills. The only way this will happen is if you force them to do so and that is what our firm helps innocent victims do.

What are the steps that you need to take following an incident at Lowes?

1. Report the accident or incident to Lowe’s. Never leave the store without notifying management, preparing a report and getting a copy of the same. If the store refuses to give you a copy of the report or promises to e-mail you a copy, do not believe them. Always take a picture of the report or any other documents you sign with your camera phone. Once you leave the store, the report will not be made available to you or your attorney until litigation and even then you can anticipate a fight in getting a copy of it. If you were involved in a car or truck accident with a Lowe’s vehicle or trailer with rental equipment, you must call 911 and file a Police Report in addition to filing a report with Lowe’s. Florida law requires the filing of a Police Report if the accident resulted in bodily injury or property damage over $500 and your insurance company will need too. Additionally of note, you may be entitled to personal injury protection (PIP) benefits under your automobile policy, regardless of fault, for up to $10,000 in medical benefits. To qualify, your accident must involve a motor vehicle and you must have medical treatment within 14 days. These are benefits you may be eligible for in addition to compensation we pursue against Lowe’s.
2. Photograph everything from what caused your accident, to the witnesses/employees that are around or respond to assist you, to your physical injuries. Often times, if you fail to photograph the injury causing condition immediately, it will be gone before you get a chance to do so. Additionally, if you do not have photographs of the injury causing condition (e.g., water on the floor), and there is no video of your accident, Lowe’s may deny the hazard existed or be emboldened to aggressively defend the case and make you prove they indeed were at fault. It is always better to have photos than to not have demonstrative evidence of the dangerous condition that resulted in your injury. We often hear form injured clients that the store has video of the accident, which is not always the case, and more problematic, Lowe’s will not voluntarily provide surveillance without a court order making even more important the need to obtain your own photographs before leaving the store.
3. Identify any witnesses that saw your accident or what caused it to happen. Make sure to get their names and contact numbers. After they leave the store, they will be gone forever if their information is not obtained. Once again, we cannot rely on Lowe’s to gather this information or provide the same if they happen to talk to witnesses especially if they are an employees. In a premises case, as discussed above, we must prove Lowe’s knew or should have known of the dangerous condition, but failed to remedy it. One of the ways we do this is with witness testimony.
4. Emergency Medical Treatment. After an accident at Lowe’s, it is important to seek prompt medical treatment for your injuries whether at the Emergency Room, Urgent Care or your primary care provider. You will not feel better, improve your health condition, or document your damages without medical care. Many times after an accident, clients believe with rest their condition will improve. Unfortunately, it often does not, but rather gets worse. Likewise, clients often underappreciate the seriousness of their conditions and it is far worse than they thought making delayed treatment risky. It is always better to get checked out.
5. WARNING: After your accident at Lowe’s, you will most definitely receive a call from a claims adjuster who is employed by Lowe’s or its third-party administrator (Sedgwick). Do not be fooled by their apologies or caring inquisition. The purpose of the call is to gather information to deny, delay or minimize your claim before you get an attorney. They may even make you a minimal offer to settle for money or gift cards, but this would end your claim before you know what it is truly worth. It would also prevent you from seeking anything further from Lowe’s if down the line your injuries proved more substantial and costly. Never settle or sign a Release with Lowe’s without consulting a Lowe’s Accident Lawyer like David B. Datny. Some of the other things they may seek to get from you include a recorded statement, which you should decline. You are not required to give them a statement and we would recommend you do not without assistance of counsel. They may ask you to sign an authorization so Sedgwick/Lowe’s can get your medical records, employment records, tax filings, which you do not have to provide despite what they may say.

Where can I go for emergency medical care after a Lowe’s Accident? 

Not sure where to get treatment after a Lowe’s Accident in Boca Raton, Wellington or Winter Park, Florida? Several emergency care providers near Datny Law’s offices are listed below. Make sure to give the urgent care or hospital your health insurance information and/or automobile insurance information if applicable. Again, while Lowe’s make suggest they will cover your medical bills, absent Workers’ Compensation injuries, this will not happen despite what the manager or adjuster suggests. That is why it is important for the urgent care or hospital to have correct billing information. If you do not have health insurance, you can ask for a self pay or cash price. Regardless, after an accident, as discussed herein, The Datny Law Firm will pursue Lowe’s to get your medical bills paid and/or reimbursed.

Boca Raton

• Boca Raton Regional Hospital
  800 Meadows Rd
  Boca Raton, FL 33486
• West Boca Medical Center
  21644 State Rd. 7
  Boca Raton, FL 33428

• Delray Medical Center
  5352 Linton Blvd
  Delray Beach, FL 33484

Wellington

• Wellington Regional Medical Center
  10101 Forest Hill Blvd.
  Wellington, FL 33414

• HCA Florida JFK North Hospital
  2201 45th St.
  West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Winter Park

• AdventHealth Winter Park 
  200 N Lakemont Ave
  Winter Park, FL 32792

• AdventHealth Altamonte Springs
  601 E Altamonte Dr.
  Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

• AdventHealth Orlando Emergency Room
  601 E Rollins St
  Orlando, FL 32803

• AdventHealth East Orlando Emergency Room
  7727 Lake Underhill Rd
  Orlando, FL 32822

• AdventHealth ER
  8100 Red Bug Lake Rd.
  Oviedo, FL 32765