Slip and Fall at a Tampa Amusement Park: Can I Sue?

Tampa and its surrounding area are home to countless amusement parks, including Adventure Island, Busch Gardens, and LEGOLAND. While visiting these attractions can be fun, a slip and fall can stop your adventure in its tracks. If you believe that your accident should have been prevented, you might be considering your legal actions. When can you sue for a slip and fall at a Tampa amusement park?

Get Medical Treatment Immediately After Your Slip and Fall 

If you’re researching your legal options immediately after your fall at an amusement park, seek medical assistance immediately. Your lawsuit can wait – and you should prioritize your health first and foremost. Many slip and fall injuries are not immediately clear – especially when it comes to head injuries. You may have suffered an intracranial hemorrhage (also known as a brain bleed) without even realizing it. These issues and many others can lead to serious health consequences if not detected early.

Medical treatment also helps you prove that your injuries are real. This evidence could be crucial as you pursue your lawsuit at a later date. If you fail to get medical treatment in a timely manner, the amusement park and its insurers may argue that your injuries can’t be that serious.

You Must Establish That the Amusement Park Was Negligent

If you want to recover compensation from an amusement park after a slip and fall, you must establish their “negligence.” This is an important legal term, and it has four elements:

• Duty of care
• Breach of duty
• Causation
• Injuries

“Duty of care” means that the amusement park was responsible for your safety. “Breach of duty” means that they failed to protect your safety, and “causation” means that this failure led directly to the accident. Finally, “injuries” represent all of your various losses – including lost income, medical expenses, emotional distress, and so on.

When Might an Amusement Park Cause a Slip and Fall? 

An amusement park may cause a slip and fall in many ways. An obvious example is a liquid spill in a walking area. This might be spilled drinks, vomit, or splashed water from a nearby ride. If you slipped and fell on this spill, you could argue that staff members should have cleaned it up sooner.

Another example is a dangerous walking area. Often, riders struggle to exit and enter roller coasters due to narrow staircases or hazardous walkways. Stepping into roller coaster cars may be challenging if there is a large gap between the platform and the tracks.

Can a Slip and Fall Lawyer Help with Amusement Park Accidents? 

A Tampa slip and fall lawyer may be able to help after your amusement park accident. Regardless of how you slipped, these companies are responsible for your safety the minute you step inside the premises. A personal injury lawsuit may help you recover compensation for medical expenses, missed wages, emotional distress, and other damages. Contact Anderson & Anderson today to get started.

Sources: 

cnn.com/2022/04/25/us/icon-park-amusement-park-death-family-lawsuit/index.html

traveltriangle.com/blog/amusement-parks-in-tampa/