Detroit Broken Sidewalk Injuries: Michigan Lawyers
My firm handles a number of personal injury cases that arise from defective sidewalks in the City of Detroit, as well as in other Michigan cities. The injuries are often quite serious, including fractured hips, broken bones, and brain injuries. The defects are typically broken concrete sidewalks, large cracks, holes, and raised portions of walkways that prevent significant tripping hazards.
Under Michigan law, the municipality has a legal duty to make those sidewalks safe and convenient for public travel. When they are unsafe and a person suffers an injury, they are entitled to money compensation for their injuries. We also usually obtain reimbursement of medical expenses, prescription expenses, and other allowable damages under Michigan law. Summer is a great time for taking walks and enjoying the outdoors. It is important that our cities are safe for taking these walks, especially because so many of our elderly population walk for their daily exercise. When they fall, their injuries are usually very severe and often life-threatening.
It is very important for a person injured due to a dangerous sidewalk to take photographs of the condition that caused them to fall. If the city repairs the condition before pictures are taken, it can be difficult to prove what it looked like at the time of the fall. It is also essential to contact an experience attorney, like myself, to send a letter to the city describing the incident, the specific location, the names of witnesses, and your injuries. This notice must be sent within 120 days of the accident or you will be barred forever from filing a case and obtaining a settlement.
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