Have you fallen?

A slip and fall case is a type of personal injury claim that may arise when someone is injured because a property was unsafe. These cases often happen when a business, landlord, homeowner, or other property owner fails to fix, clean up, warn about, or otherwise address a dangerous condition that creates a risk of injury. In many situations, the case turns on whether the owner knew or should have known about the hazard and whether that hazard directly caused the person to fall and suffer harm. Slip and fall accidents can lead to serious injuries, including broken bones, head injuries, back and neck injuries, and long-term pain that affects a person’s daily life.

There are also different types of slip and fall accidents. Some involve slipping on wet floors, spills, or other slippery surfaces. Others involve tripping over objects, uneven pavement, broken steps, loose flooring, poor lighting, cluttered walkways, or holes in walking surfaces. More severe cases may involve elevated falls from ladders, platforms, loading docks, or other raised areas. No matter how the fall happens, these cases are often about one central issue: whether the property owner took reasonable steps to keep the area safe for visitors.

The owner or occupier of the property owes a duty to all people on their property to protect them from dangerous or defective conditions on the property. Unfortunately, slip-and-falls may happen almost anywhere:

  • Grocery stores

  • Supermarkets

  • Sidewalks

  • Parking lots

  • Restaurants

  • Malls

  • Theme parks

  • Private homes

  • Public parks

There are also many different causes to slip-and-falls:

  • Liquids on the floors

  • Broken railings

  • Poor maintenance of handrails and/or floors

  • Uneven pavements

  • Icy sidewalks/parking lots

  • Holes in parking lots

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