Generally, if you are injured on someone’s property, AND they are negligent, you may be entitled to lost wages. Generally, a form of damages available to injured persons in negligence cases like slip and fall cases or trip and fall case (or any negligence case where someone is negligent and this causes you injuries) is lost wages. In the simplest and most common example is when someone is injured and is unable to work due to hospitalization or due to pain from the accident. In such a situation, proof that the time missed was due to the accident plus some proof of what the amount of the lost wages will be required to prove the lost wage claim. Generally, the insurance carried by property owners does not carry a separate policy to cover wages and the insurance policy generally is an indemnity policy which will pay for a judgement; thus, there usually is not a means to recover your wages straight from the alleged tortfeasor prior to a settlement or jury verdict. Note that it is also possible to receive lost wages from your employer if you have sick time accrued. Also, it is possible to receive lost wages if you have a short or long term disability policy, either if purchased through work or outside of work on your own.
If you have been in an accident where you believe the place where you were injured is at fault, please call Drucker Law Offices for a free consultation at 561-483-9199 (Boca Raton Main office) or 561-967-3840 (Lake Worth satellite office) or 954-755-2120 (Coral Springs satellite office) or 305-981-1561 (Miami satellite office).
Every case is unique and should be judged based on the specific facts of the case. The advice in this blog is intended to be general and should not to be construed as specific advice for a case or your case. A minor difference in the facts of the case in a fact pattern such as above could change the result. Also, this blog is, as the web site suggests, based on Florida law and the laws of any other states could vary from Florida.
