Slip & Fall Accidents in Florida

Advocating for Victims Injured on Unsafe Properties

“Slip and fall” accidents happen when someone slips on someone else’s property and gets injured.

It is a personal injury case when the property owner is responsible for the person’s injury on their property.

It is a personal injury case under the “premises liability” category.

There are so many reasons why people slip or trip.
These include:

• Changes in flooring
• Wet floors
• Broken/cracked sidewalks
• Broken/cracked stairs/guardrails
• Torn carpeting
• Poor lighting
• Hidden hazard )(e.g., Hidden porthole)
• Natural events such as snow, ice, or rainfall.
• Regardless of the cause, the plaintiff must have suffered some degree of injury to press a personal injury claim.

If you’ve been injured due to someone else’s negligence, our dedicated personal injury services can help you seek justice and fair compensation.

How to Prove Fault in Slip and Fall Cases

Proving fault in slip and fall accidents is done on a case-by-case basis. Each case depends on the following premises:

1. The property owner acted in a way that made the slipping and falling possible

2. You did not suffer the injury base on your carelessness

This is why most slip and fall accident case boils down to these factors:

A dangerous condition existed (E.g., a wet floor)

The condition was created by those responsible for the property (E.g., the bed was recently mopped)

The condition existed for so long that those responsible should and could have done something about it (the floor was wet for minutes, and the owner/possessor did not dry the floor or place a ‘wet floor’ notice)

You couldn’t have been aware of the condition (e.g., there was no way you could tell the floor was wet)

The state of the property caused your injury (E.g., you slipped on the wet floor and broke your arm)

To receive compensation for your injury, you need to prove the other party caused the damage due to negligence/wrongdoing. You need to verify that the owner/possessor caused the condition and didn’t do the responsible thing.

Suppose you sustain an injury on a commercial or residential property. In that case, you have to prove responsive to the other party for tour injury.

For commercial property, you have to show that the owner/possessor of the business caused the condition, knew about it, and didn’t do the responsible thing by taking care of it.

You can get injury compensation for residential property either as a tenant or a third party. You have to prove the following to hold the landlord responsible for your injury:

• The landlord had control over the condition that caused you to slip and fall
• That repairs for the condition was not unreasonably difficult or expensive
• That the condition was sure to cause a severe injury
• The landing failed to take reasonable steps, causing the slip and fall.

In most cases, this boils down to common sense. However, suppose the owner can argue that they couldn’t have known about the dangerous condition. In that case, you will have a hard time getting compensation.

When it comes to Government Property, you will need to discuss it with a lawyer. However, in some exceptional cases, you might be able to get compensation. This is because immunity provisions protect government entities from liabilities for injuries on their premises.