Category: trip fall

HIP FRACTURE • SLIP AND FALL INJURIES FLORIDA SENIORS AT RISK • LEADING CAUSE OF ER VISITS

STATEWIDE – Florida is home to a great number of senior citizens. Due to a high number of retirees in Florida, we see a higher number of slip and fall or trip and fall injuries here in the sunshine state. Among the senior population, falls are a serious public health problem. In the United States,…

SLIP • FALL – TRIP • FALL – HIP FRACTURE – Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Bradenton – FLORIDA INJURY ATTORNEY – G. ALAN TRIPP, JR.

According to the NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL – Every year, unintentional injuries kill more than 101,000 individuals, with a cost to society of $608 billion. Of all the risks, falls are the leading cause of unintentional death among people 65 and older, approaching 11,000 deaths a year. Falls are the third leading cause of death for…