daughter fell on ice - advice

Take her to the hospital.

File a complaint and take the pictures and take her to doc to have them look at her and take that information with u also

Be careful when walking on ice, it can be slippery.

ETA: also be careful when handling hot coffee.

Sorry to hear about your daughter's fall. Taking pictures was a great thing to do. I would call whoever you need to with the association to complain about the poor removal of snow and ice. Make sure they know your daughter fell and that she has injured herself. I would take her to the doctor too.

Good luck.

first thing to do is to get your daughter medical attention just to make sure she is ok.shes very lucky it could have been worse.

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OMG - I am sooooo mad. Tonight when I got back from getting groceries,my 17 year old daughter came out to the parking lot to help and slipped and fell on ice on the sidewalk. She ripped her pants, bruised her right knee, ripped open and bruised her left knee, and has a big scrape on her left buttock. She broke the pickle jar and the jug of milk. Now...what makes me mad is that I pay a BOATLOAD for association dues (I live in a condo) and they SUCK at clearing the snow and ice. The grouchy old lady down the block from me is suing them for a fall she had last year. Any advice??? (I took a bunch of pictures.)

Sue them; what else. You have to rush her to an hospital, let a doc see the injuries and ask for a report in writing, look for some witnesses and go to your lawyer...

Call Saul?

Best response ever.

So monetary damages include a pair of pants, right? I don't think I'd sue over that. :huh: She has some scraped knees. Lawsuit what?! :laugh:

Oops. Missed the pickles and milk. Maybe there's cause for a suit there...

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If they are responsible for snow and ice removal, and they failed to do so in a timely manner, then they are negligent. It is reasonably foreseeable that someone would fall.

If you have genuine expenses directly caused by the accident, then I suggest calling a lawyer and suing for damages. By genuine expenses I mean thousands in ER bills, not replacing the pickles and milk Also don't go for any of this bullcrap 'pain and suffering' nonsense. She slipped and fell, she didn't spend 2 years in Auschwitz.

If you have health expenses that were covered by your insurance, you might tell them, and they may sue to recoup their losses. Note, however, that any payment is very probably going to be recouped by the HOA in increased fees.

If you have no expenses, then I'd just log a complaint with the HOA, and possibly canvas the neighbors for similar experiences. Strength in numbers. If there are annual meetings (most HOAs have them), then make yourself known and speak up there.

Take her to do the doc. You need to just make sure everything is ok. Pictures most definitely, and find in the HOA where it says they will address ice issues and consult an attorney. Maybe you can get compensation for the Drs bills.

HOA's are always the first to jump your butt if you do not do something, well hold them accountable for their negligible actions.

Perhaps your HOA bill is so high because they have to pay for frivolous lawsuits.

Seriously? Sue someone over a scraped knee and a broken jug of milk? You should be ashamed for even thinking-let alone posting such a question. It's law suits like this that have broken the system-where people with legitimate injuries can't get a settlement for years because the insurance companies are dragging their feet hoping you give up. If she broke a hip-then YES, take her to ER and sue but not just because someone down the road did. I do think a formal complaint to your HOA is in order though.

I don't think OP said she was intending to sue. She just said that someone down the road had sued.

And I only suggested suing in the case that there were genuine medical expenses resulting from the accident.

My thought is OP was just asking for advice in engaging the HOA and making it known that this is an unacceptable situation.

Perhaps your HOA bill is so high because they have to pay for frivolous lawsuits.

If they fail to perform the duties they are paid for, and it results in an accident with genuine medical expenses, how is that frivolous?

And I'll point out again that everyone seems to be assuming OP wants to sue. She didn't actually say that.

If there was genuine medical expenses, I would agree. Barring that, I would be attending Board meetings and considering a campaign to oust the current leadership.

Better call Saul. I'm sure there's a "slip and fall" lawyer that would gladly help you out.