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Slip & Fall Settlement Calculator

Premises-liability claim value, reduced by your share of the fault.

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Rough estimate only. Not legal advice - consult an attorney.

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How does a slip and fall settlement get valued?

The same building blocks as any injury claim, medical bills, lost wages, and a multiplier-based pain and suffering figure, are totaled first. Then the total is reduced by whatever percentage of fault you're assigned for the fall itself.

What is comparative negligence and why does it matter here?

It's the rule that reduces your recovery by your own percentage of fault. If you're found 20% responsible, for example, a $50,000 claim becomes a $40,000 one, before any attorney fee is subtracted.

What do I actually have to prove against the property owner?

That the owner or manager knew, or reasonably should have known, about the hazard and failed to fix it or warn about it within a reasonable time. A spill sitting for hours or a broken step nobody flagged both fit that pattern.

Does surveillance footage matter in these cases?

Often decisively. Store and building cameras can show how long a hazard existed and whether staff walked past it, which speaks directly to the "knew or should have known" standard.

Is this tool legal advice for my case?

No. It's a general formula. Premises liability rules vary by state and by property type, so a premises-liability attorney should review your specific facts.

Priya Raman
By Priya Raman, Contributing Writer, Policy & Regulation
Updated July 2, 2026

Two questions that decide fault

A slip and fall claim turns on two separate questions, and this calculator handles both. The first is damages: medical bills, lost wages, and a severity-based pain and suffering figure, added up the same way as any injury claim. The second is fault: your percentage of responsibility for the fall, which gets subtracted directly from the total under comparative negligence rules before any attorney fee comes out.

Shared fault cuts both ways: even a modest percentage of blame assigned to you reduces the settlement dollar for dollar.

Proving the property owner knew

Damages alone don't win a premises liability case. You also need to show the owner knew, or reasonably should have known, about the hazard and didn't fix it in time. A spill left unattended for hours, a step that's been broken for weeks, or lighting that's been out since before your fall are the classic building blocks of that argument. Photos taken immediately after the fall, incident reports, and witness names all strengthen that half of the case.

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