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The Friedland | Carmona Recovers $394,206 For Client Who Suffered Injuries In Fall At Wal-Mart

Miriam Fuentes, a fifty-six year old woman, was doing her routine shopping in Wal-Mart one afternoon when she slipped and fell in the middle of the store. Miriam suffered severe knee, shoulder and ankle injuries as a result of the fall, which required months of rehabilitation. Miriam contacted the Friedland | Carmona to handle her personal injury claim. The South Miami slip and fall attorneys took her case to court and recovered $394,206 for Miriam’s injuries.

In trial, Miriam’s attorneys, Jonathan Friedland and Michael Carmona, argued that another patron had taken a jug of water from a shelf and that the water was leaking from her cart for at least four minutes, creating a puddle that led to Miriam’s fall. Two Wal-Mart employees walked passed the spill on the floor, but did nothing to fix the situation. The spill was not cleaned up, nor was a “Wet Floor” sign placed anywhere near the spill. Defense counsel argued that Wal-Mart did not have time to notice the spill because the water had spilled on forty seconds before Miriam fell.

The Miami-Dade Circuit Court jury determined Wal-Mart was at fault for the accident and awarded $492,758. However, the jury concluded that Wal-Mart was only 80 percent at fault for Miriam’s fall and that she was 20 percent at fault for the fall, and thus reduced Miriam’s award to $394,206 to compensate for her injuries.

Woman who slipped on water at Wal-Mart gets $394, 206, www.dailybusinessreview.com March 2, 2012.


Miriam Fuentes’s life was drastically changed while she was innocently shopping in Wal-Mart. Thankfully, the expert premises liability attorneys at the Friedland | Carmona were able to recover compensation to cover her injuries and she will not continue to financially suffer as a result of this accident. The Miami slip and fall lawyers at the Friedland | Carmona have spent over twenty years helping accident victims like Miriam Fuentes recover the compensation they deserve. If you or a loved on has been injured in a slip and fall or a trip and fall accident, call the Homestead personal injury lawyers today! Call (305) 661-2008 for your free consultation.

The Miami trip and fall attorneys at the Friedland | Carmona handle all types of premises liability cases throughout the state of Florida, including Boca Raton, Homestead, North Miami, South Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Pembroke Pines, Hialeah, Kendall, Aventura, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. The Friedland | Carmona handles all types of personal injury claims, including wrongful death, defective products, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents and construction site injuries. Call today and let our family take care of your family!

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