When grabbing a Beef ‘n Cheddar leaves you with painful injuries, a Washington, DC slip and fall lawyer can help you understand whether Arby’s can be held responsible, and what compensation may be available. Busy restaurant floors, spilled drinks, and poorly maintained walkways can quickly turn a routine visit into a serious accident. When that happens, knowing how to protect your rights and your health becomes essential.
At Regan Zambri Long, we focus on building strong slip and fall claims from the start. We front all case costs and retain expert witnesses to show how unsafe conditions led to your injuries and how those injuries affect your daily life. Consistently named among America’s Best Law Firms, with board certified partners recognized among the Best Lawyers in DC for Plaintiff Personal Injury Litigation, our team has recovered over $1 billion in settlements and verdicts for injured clients.
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While some falls can be innocuous, others can cause a great deal of harm that includes physical, emotional, financial, and more. For instance, the CDC reports that falls are the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries.
Other ways a person could be injured in a slip and fall in Arby’s include:
If you were injured in a slip and fall while dining out or picking up food at an Arby’s restaurant, you should seek the help of an experienced slip and fall attorney. These cases can be very complicated so you will want someone who knows how to prove, fight, and negotiate these cases to ensure you receive maximum compensation.
After an Arby’s slip and fall accident, it will be very important to your case that you save every piece of evidence. This could be photos of the scene, including any hazards that caused your accident to medical bills you incurred while getting treatment for your injuries. In cases, an Arby’s employee may also record the details in an official accident report.
What happens with all of this documentation? An experienced slip and fall attorney will use it to investigate your case. Other important items to your case may include:
In many states, both the business and the injured person can share fault. In these cases, the injured customer will still be awarded partial compensation. However, unfortunately this is not the case in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia. That means, if you have been injured in an Arby’s in any of these jurisdictions, you must prove you were without any fault for your accident.
This scenario is what is called contributory negligence, and it makes slip and fall injury cases harder to prove. So don’t try to go it alone. An experienced DC premises liability lawyer knows how to win these cases to ensure you receive the compensation you need to recover.
After an Arby’s slip and fall accident, the last thing you should be worried about is the legality of how you can recover. Work with an experienced personal injury lawyer who will be by your side the whole way.
At Regan Zambri Long PPLC, our premises liability slip and fall accident lawyers have almost 200 years of combined experience, and have secured dozens of multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts for injured clients. Our founding partners are all board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, credentials held by only a small percentage of attorneys nationwide. In addition, all of our partners are named among the 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America, reflecting our national reputation for handling serious injury cases at the highest level.
Contact us today for a free consultation, where you can speak to a lawyer about the specifics of your case.
The deadline depends on where the accident occurred. While §12–301 of the DC Code states that the statute of limitations for personal injury cases is three years, there are no Arby’s locations in the District of Columbia itself.
Yes, you may have a valid claim if a spill or other hazard created an unsafe condition and Arby’s employees knew about it or should have discovered it through reasonable inspections. The key issue is whether the restaurant had enough time and opportunity to fix the problem or warn customers.
It is strongly recommended that you notify a manager and ask for an incident report as soon as possible after the fall. An early report helps document when and where the accident happened and reduces the chance that important details are disputed later.
No, Arby’s is not required to automatically give you a copy of their internal incident report, and they often keep it for their own records. A lawyer can formally request this report during the claims process and use it to help establish what employees knew about the hazard and how it was handled.
Yes, you can still pursue a claim even if you did not seek emergency treatment immediately. However, seeing a doctor as soon as possible helps link your injuries to the fall and makes it harder for the insurance company to argue that your condition was caused by something else.
Have you or your loved one sustained injuries in Washington DC, Maryland or Virginia? Regan Zambri Long PLLC has the best lawyers in the country to analyze your case and answer the questions you may have.
