Read more about similar cases by searching slip and fall injury related cases in Google, there are lot of information available there, or of course you contact an attorney in your city. Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney Best, Danita

Yes, your next step should be to consult an attorney.   The owner of the Alley should have liability insurance, whether it is mandatory or not.  Even if it is mandatory, they may have allowed it to lapse leaving them without cover.   While it's very noble of you not to want to cause hardship for the owner, your wife has sustained a serious injury and any competent business owner, especially one with a business where people are exposed to injury on a regular basis (slips, falls, dropped bowling balls etc.) should take reasonable precaustions to protect themselves against loss due to customer injury.  Your wife has a right to treatment, and this shouln't be at your expense if liability falls elsewhere.   The thing to keep in mind is that whether or not the owner does have insurance isn't really the issue, the point is that they should even if they don't need to - it's not your wifes fault they haven't got cover.

Alan, this is not probably the answer you want to hear, but you should speak with an attorney. I am not saying you necessarily have a case, but it is in your best interest (and your wife's) to sit down with a qualified attorney and lay out the facts of that evening. I do not practice in Missouri, but I know a colleague, James Roswold, who is an excellent Kansas City personal injury attorney. I would speak with him or a lawyer you have a preexisting relationship with and talk about it. ---This post was edited to remove a commercial link. Read our discussion policies for more Community best practices.

I agree. A consultation from a reputed lawyer could be an important first step in resolving this issue.

Wait a second. Your wife approaches the lane to throw a bowling ball and slips, not on anything such as defective flooring or unknown liquid spill, and you want this owner to pay for her injuries. Do you see any problem with your mentality? You don't want to place a hardship on the owner? Give me a break! This gives new meaning to the term 'personal responsibilty'. I am NOT an attorney in your state and thus seek legal counsel for this matter by a licensed attorney in your state. However, if you consulted my office with this case I would point you in the direction of 'assumption of the risk' and tell your wife to be a bit more careful in the future.

Emery Ledger I take my hat off to you. I am not a lawyer, but I was thinking exactly the same thing that you wrote. WHY OH WHY, does everyone automatically think 'who can I sue?' when something bad happens? Everyone seems to be so ready to sue and this is what makes being a business owner so difficult. Even if you've done nothing wrong, the sharks are out to get you. But I am impressed that a LAWYER actuallywrote what you wrote. Bravo.