Fall is officially here, and now is a common time for people to head to a local farm to pick pumpkins, navigate a corn maze or feed some animals in the petting zoo. Heading to a pumpkin patch or a fall festival can be a great way to enjoy the season with your family, but these areas also carry some risk for injuries, especially for old adults or young children. In today’s blog, we explore some types of injuries that can occur on the farm, and we discuss your options for collecting compensation in the event you or your family are injured at a fall festival in Minnesota.
Fall Festival Injury Compensation
Visiting a local farm can be a very enjoyable experience for children and their families, but unfortunately, they can also be dangerous areas. As we saw recently in Western Wisconsin when a tractor tipped over during a hayride, a joyful day can turn into a nightmare in a moment’s notice. Should this happen to you, it’s imperative that you know where to turn for your legal options.
Some types of injuries we see during the fall at pumpkin patches, apple orchards or petting farms include:
- Heavy machinery-related accidents
- Slip and fall injuries
- Animal bites/attacks
If you or your child are injured in one of these ways, or in a different manner where someone else’s actions or negligence directly contributed to your injuries, know that you have compensation options.
Some people incorrectly assume that because they signed a waiver or agreed to a set of rules with a paid admission that they cannot collect compensation if they are injured while they are at the farm or orchard. While this may be true in some instances, companies can’t just absolve themselves of liability. The fact of the matter is if their action, their inaction or their negligence contributed to your injuries, then it doesn’t matter that you signed a waiver. That business has a duty to protect its customers, and when they fail to uphold this duty, that’s where we step in to get our clients the compensation they deserve.
So if you are thrown off a hayride, you slip and break your ankle in a pumpkin patch or you are forced to get stitches after a rather unfriendly encounter with a goat at the petting zoo, know that you have legal options if you incur medical bills or are forced to miss time away from work. Don’t sign anything at the establishment or assume that you are out of luck because you signed a waiver. Document the scene and your injuries as thoroughly as possible, seek out professional medical attention and then connect with an attorney to see if you may be eligible for an injury award.
Nobody expects to be injured during a trip to a local farm on a cool fall day, but the fact of the matter is it happens every single day in Minnesota, and far too often families incorrectly assume that they cannot collect compensation because they weren’t intentionally injured. Intent or not, that business has a duty to protect its customers, and if they let you down, let us pick you up. Give the team at Hey Workers a call today if you want assistance or would like to learn more about a potential injury claim. Give us a call at (844) 439-9675.
