California Slip & Fall Evidence Checker
check_slip_fall_evidenceEducational decision-support tool for people injured in a slip and fall in California. Given answers describing how a fall happened, injuries, evidence already preserved, and any insurance or property-owner communications, it returns a structured, educational evidence-preservation checklist: an urgency level, the specific evidence to preserve, what to avoid, and questions worth asking an attorney. SAFEGUARDS: Informational/educational ONLY — NOT legal advice. It does NOT assess liability or fault, does NOT determine claim validity, does NOT calculate case value, does NOT estimate probability of winning, does NOT guarantee outcomes, and does NOT create an attorney-client relationship. Any response must be conveyed to the end user as educational information only.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| timing | No | How long ago the incident occurred, e.g. within_24h, within_48h, within_week, within_2weeks, within_month, within_3months, within_6months, over_6months. | |
| fallType | No | How the fall happened, e.g. slip_wet_floor, trip_uneven, fell_stairs, fell_parking, fell_sidewalk, fell_store, fell_apartment, fell_restaurant, fell_pool, fell_elevator, other. | |
| witnesses | No | Witness status, e.g. yes_contact, yes_no_contact, no_witnesses. | |
| medicalCare | No | Medical care status, e.g. yes_treated, no_cant_afford, no_not_yet. | |
| warningSign | No | Whether a warning sign was present, e.g. yes_adequate, yes_inadequate, no_sign. | |
| publicPrivate | No | Whether the fall was on public/government property or private property. Public property falls involve shorter government-claim deadlines in California. | |
| hazardDuration | No | How long the hazard likely existed, e.g. minutes, hours, days, weeks_months, permanent. | |
| incidentReport | No | Whether an incident report was created, e.g. yes, no, refused. | |
| injurySymptoms | No | List of injury symptoms, e.g. fracture, head_injury, surgery_recommended, back_injury, nerve_damage, bruising, sprain. | |
| rentalProperty | No | Whether the fall involved a rental/landlord property, e.g. yes_tenant, yes_visitor, no. | |
| staffAwareness | No | Whether staff/owner were aware of the hazard, e.g. yes_definitely, told_them, should_have, no. | |
| priorComplaints | No | Whether prior complaints about the hazard were made, e.g. yes_written, yes_verbal, others_complained, none. | |
| settlementOffer | No | Settlement offer status, e.g. yes_accepted, yes_considering, yes_declined, none. | |
| signedDocuments | No | Whether any insurance/property documents were signed, e.g. yes, no. | |
| faultQuestioning | No | Whether fault has been questioned, e.g. yes_insurance, yes_both, no. | |
| recurringProblem | No | Whether the hazard was a recurring problem, e.g. yes, heard, no. | |
| recordedStatement | No | Insurance recorded-statement status, e.g. yes_gave, asked_not_given, not_asked. | |
| surveillanceVideo | No | Whether surveillance cameras may exist, e.g. yes_cameras, maybe, no_cameras. | |
| videoPreservation | No | Status of any request to preserve video, e.g. no_not_yet, requested, refused, preserved. | |
| symptomProgression | No | How symptoms are progressing, e.g. worse, new_symptoms, same, improving. |