How can I get compensated for a personal injury?

I took a nasty fall in March of 2009 which required me to have surgery on my hand twice. I am losing use of my hand. I cannot find anyone to take my case because it happened in the parking lot and not by their door. When I went in, there was no ice on the ground, but there was some when I came out and hit a patch of ice that turned to water. Everyone I talked to says that "the laws have changed and you should watch for ice in a parking lot". But I was parked in handicap. After that fall, I lost pretty much everything I had and became unemployed. Can you help me to at least get my doctor's bills paid and get the balance I owed on the van paid or some kind of compensation?