Slip and fall
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A grocery store aisle, an apartment stairwell, a hotel pool deck, a poorly lit parking structure. Owners and managers of property have a duty to inspect for hazards, fix them within a reasonable time, and warn people until they do. When they don’t and someone is hurt, the law calls it premises liability.
These cases turn on proof that the owner knew, or should have known, about the hazard. We get the incident report, the surveillance video, the cleaning logs and prior complaints, before they are gone.
What to do now
- 1
Report it before you leave.
Ask for a written incident report and a copy. Note the names of any employees you spoke to.
- 2
Photograph the hazard.
The spill, the broken step, the missing sign, the lighting. Conditions get fixed fast once someone is hurt.
- 3
Get medical care and keep the shoes.
Your footwear will come up. Keep it, don’t clean it, and don’t post about the fall on social media.
What your claim can include
- Medical treatment, including surgery and physical therapy
- Lost wages and reduced ability to work
- Pain, suffering and loss of mobility
- In-home care after hip, spinal or head injury
How long you have
Two years from the fall to file a lawsuit against a private owner. If the property is owned by a city, county, school district or the state, you must file a government claim within six months.
Good to know
- Surveillance video is usually overwritten within 30 days.
- Sometimes within a week. A written preservation demand from an attorney is the only reliable way to keep it; we send one the day you sign.
- “I should have been looking” isn’t the end.
- Comparative fault applies. Even if you were partly inattentive, the owner’s failure to fix or warn still carries most of the responsibility.
“The store said there was a wet floor sign. There wasn’t. The video showed the spill sitting there for 40 minutes with employees walking past it. My hip replacement was paid for and a great deal more.”
Every case is different. Prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in your case.