Slip and Fall Accident Lawyer In Waukegan, Niles and St. Charles

Slip and fall accident cases often arise when a person injures themselves by slipping (or tripping) and falling on someone’s private or public property. While it’s reasonable to expect a business or private property to be maintained in such a manner as to prevent these types of accidents, roughly 1 million people visit ER’s with slip and fall injuries. As one of the Midwest’s top-ranked legal practices, the Makarone Law Firm represents injury victims living in the cities of Waukegan, Niles and St. Charles.

The injuries that people suffer in slip and fall accidents will vary from one person to the next. Our personal injury lawyers in Waukegan, Niles and St. Charles have seen injuries ranging from just a few bumps and bruises to catastrophic consequences such as traumatic brain injuries or even fatalities. Ironically, the majority of these accidents are preventable. Because so many of these accidents involve the negligence of a business or residential property owner, slip and fall accidents fall under an area of personal injury law known as “premises liability.”