A family seated at a table in a restaurant might get hurt, if a light on the ceiling were to drop onto their table. Still, most accidents at a restaurant take place when guests are coming to or leaving their table.
What sorts of accidents cause such injuries?
It could be that the guest/customer slips on the floor. It is also possible that the restaurant has an automatic door, and that same door is not working right. For instance, it could fail to remain open when a guest with a walker tries to enter the restaurant.
What actions should be taken by the injured victim, after the accident has taken place?
The victim should receive immediate medical care. If the victim was hurt badly, then someone else needs to arrange for the victim be taken to a nearby hospital or clinic. That might require the calling of an ambulance, apart from calling on a Personal Injury Lawyer in Richmond Hill later on. The victim, or someone acting on behalf of the victim should notify the owner of the restaurant.
Restaurants are supposed to provide their guests with a safe environment. The owner should be told what caused this one guest to suffer an injury. If there were any witnesses, then the victim, or a representative of the victim should get the witnesses’ names, and their contact information. The victim, or the victim’s representative should contact a personal injury lawyer. That lawyer should learn how long the condition that caused the accident had existed, before his or her client got injured.
Anyone that arrives and wants to help the victim should be made aware of what actions are appropriate, and which are not. For instance, if the victim fell and broke a leg, and had to undergo surgery, then the doctors should be allowed to oversee the post-op recovery. If the victim were allowed to remain in bed for 4 or 5 days, without trying to use the leg that had received the operation, then that would make the lawyer’s job harder.
True, accident victims are not supposed to make any movement that could, according to the treating physician, aggravate their injuries. Still, the team defending the restaurant would probably frown on an action that slowed the recovery process. A readiness to limit the amount of time that the victim got asked to spend exercising the leg would represent a failure to assist with expediting the planned recovery process.
All efforts should be directed at aiding the victim’s recovery. That means expecting the victim/patient to put forth his or her own efforts. All of those that express a concern for the victim/patient should learn as much as possible about the medical advice that has been offered by the treating physician.