As human beings, we move, we walk but sometimes we also fall, however, it depends on how and why the fall on a public road occurred, we can request a compensation.
In order to claim the damages or injuries that may have occurred as a result of the fall, several factors must be taken into account, for which it’s necessary to have the knowledge of a lawyer and a medical expert in this field, it is for this reason that The Firm offers you our help.
For your information, it should be noted that most frequent places or reasons for falling on public roads are due to: sinkholes, absence or bad signage, road works, deficiency in the pavement, incorrect daily cleaning and waste collection, little or non-existent street lighting…
In any case, it is important to act quickly, as it is up to the person who has suffered the fall to prove the damage and/or injuries by providing medical reports, the police report and statements of witnesses (if any), photographs of the place and a report quantifying economically the damages and / or injuries through the evaluation of a medical expert.
If you have been the victim of a fall on public roads and want to make a claim, do not hesitate to contact us, we are at your entire disposal.
Administrative Law
Compensation for falls in public places
1 year to claim from the fall or medical discharge (Spanish Law)
Complaint procedure
1 After the fall, meet with our lawyers and collect all the documentation available on the incident (medical reports, police report, ambulance service report, invoices for payment of medicines or other treatments, witness statements, photographs of the damage and the place and medical discharge report if necessary)
2 Next, a claim for patrimonial liability must be submitted, which once drafted will be presented by our team to the City Council of the municipality where the fall occurred, specifically to the General Register of the City Council.
3 After submitting the claim, the City Council has 6 months to give a favorable or unfavorable response to our request. However, if we don not obtain any response, then we will be faced with an administrative silence, or what it’s the same, an unfavorable response due to the rejection of the application.
4 If the City Council’s response is unfavorable, we can always go to court and file an administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Court (2 month deadline) or file an appeal for sentence replacement (1 month deadline).
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