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Slip and Fall
Slip and Fall injuries can occur where property is not well cared for. Under the legal concept known as “premises liability,” property owners have legal obligations to guests, customers, and other visitors who come on their property, with regards to the safety of that property. A property owner may be legally responsible for your slip and fall, based on:
- Whether the property owner acted carefully so that your slip or tripping was not likely to happen
- Whether you were careless in not seeing or avoiding the hazard that made you fall.
For the property owner to be liable for a slip and fall, an unsafe condition must have caused the accident. It is not enough to simply slip, or stumble, while on someone else’s property. Examples of unsafe conditions include:
- Accumulation of snow and ice
- Wet floors
- A badly damaged walkway or sidewalk
- Potholes
- Debris
The landowner must have also caused the unsafe condition, or at least allowed it to persist.
Should you be injured on someone’s property, it is important to call for medical attention but also to file an incident report and have someone take photographs of the scene where the fall occurred. The reason for photographs soon after the incident is to preserve any evidence of the property owner’s negligence.
If you or anyone you know was seriously injured on another’s property, please contact our office right away so we can help you!
