• Medical Bills: You may obtain compensation for your bills if you have suffered a slip and fall injury. People with serious injuries will likely incur future medical bills too.
• Lost Wages: Property owners can be held liable for your loss of wages if your injury results in a temporary or permanent inability to work.
• Non-Economic Damages: A premises liability lawsuit can also help with compensation for non-economic damages such as pain and suffering and loss of consortium. In Tennessee, the injured person is limited in the amount they can recover for non-economic damages. In personal injury cases, you are usually only allowed up to $750,000 in non-economic damages.
  There are exceptions to this cap, such as in cases of catastrophic injury. In those situations, the cap increases to $1,000,000 if the plaintiff sustained a catastrophic injury (spinal cord injury resulting in paraplegia, quadriplegia; amputation of two hands, two feet, or one of each; or third-degree burns over 40% percent of the body). Another exception would be in the wrongful death of a parent of minor children if the parent had lawful rights of custody and visitation. A personal injury lawyer with experience in premises liability claims can help you determine if these exceptions apply to your case.
• Punitive Damages: In rare circumstances, property owners’ conduct may be so wrongful that extra damages may be awarded. These damages are designed to punish the property owner for their actions and deter similar conduct from happening again in the future. Punitive damages are capped in Tennessee. The amount an injured party can recover in Tennessee for punitive damages depends on the circumstances of the slip and fall case.

If you would like to know which damages you can get compensation for or would like to learn more about fall injury lawsuits, call our personal injury attorneys for a free consultation.