Slip and Fall Case: Need Guidance?

Okay, So I was shopping with my fiance at Target. I hit clear water on the floor in the frozen section. I hit the floor (first my knee, then natural reaction use other foot to get up, well that hit water too so i feel again on my back lol). Anyhow, My fiance, some random guy, and a target employee witnessed it and the cameras. The employee literally said 'Oh sht, I told them about that days ago!". They took a report, blah blah, Broke my cell phone too, kinda sad about that now I'm back to my old android and I had just got that Iphone. Anways, the guess reporting investigated and told me the issue was reported almost a week prior to the refrigeration contractor. Apparently condensation had been leaking on the floor prior from a broken seal or faulty condenser coil. The report from the hospital and my doctor say "sprained hip, sprained back, sprained wrist, pulled some ligament in my knee, and sprained knee" nothing needed surgery just pain med (don't take i hate them) and anti inflam med and they did a sport medicine treatment of my knee. My entire medical bills came out to around 3 thousand and my phone is 550. I was also out of work for 4 days costing me an additional 1000.So 4550 is what I'm out basically, plus gas and prescription cost, time, pain ect. There are a few lawyers who want me to sue them. However Target has said they will offer settlement. I really don't want to sue someone, but I don't know what I should ask for. I want 7 grand even so I can pay off my bills and my car and i'll just wait on a new phone or use my car note to buy it. What should I take as there offer? Is 7k too much? The lawyer who spoke to me was talking about 20k and that seems high. Any advice?

I'd take the offer. In the courts results will be unpredictable and counting the attorney's cut you'd be better off settling. IMO anyway.

I would wait and see what the offer is. It may match your expectations or exceed them.

If it doesn't cover your costs or match your expectations (consider that there may be unknown damage and future costs) then you will have to try to negotiate with them, or bully them with your lawyer or possibly sue them in the end.

You are just plain greedy

Hope your scripts don't need refills IF you decide to try and sue, because yes they will monitor every little detail and if they find out you aren't taking your pain meds you will be put over the coals for that. They hire PIs who's job is simply to look for little things like that so that you will lose. After all how bad can you be hurting if you don't need to take the pain meds? Before you get defensive on that with me, I'm telling you standard Court argument. Wait and hear their settlement. It will likely be you give them a REAL number, which you gave us at $4550 and they will agree to it, might even make it 5000 for the evenness.

As a previous poster has already pointed out, Target may have hired a private investigator to monitor what you are doing, how you are moving around, etc. In the age of the internet, it wouldn't be too hard for them to find out your IP address as well. Now that you've admitted online that you're out "$4, 500 basically", you'll be lucky to get that amount.

You might want to consider settling.