Slippery Floor Injury and Liability of Store Owner

Slip And Fall accidents result in countless injuries, and sometimes death each year throughout the United States. Injuries that may arise due to a valid premises liability claim can occur in a variety of public, private, and commercial properties including:

Shopping malls
Parking lots
Ramps and walkways
Hotels and motels
Warehouse stores
Supermarkets

A slip and fall accident can have a devastating impact on you, your family, friends, the community and the workplace.

Determining Liability for a Slippery Floor Accident

A building owner has the legal responsibility to maintain a property that is safe for visitors. When the property owner fails to do so and a serious injury occurs, the injured person has the right to seek compensation for medical and rehabilitation costs, economic losses and pain and suffering.

The owner of the premises owes a legal duty to a business invitee to do the following:

To use reasonable care to maintain the premises in a safe condition, which includes a duty to use reasonable care to learn of the existence of any danger conditions that may exist.
To give the invitee warning of a dangerous condition which are or should be known by the property owner, but are not known to the invitee and could not be discovered through the exercise of due care.

An invitee is an individual who enters and remains on the premises at the express or implied invitation of the property owner. There may be multiple defendants in the lawsuit. If the business rents space from a landlord, the owner of the building, the tenant, or both may share responsibility for the injuries.

Compensation for Injuries

To determine what your claim may be worth, you should know about the types of damages that you can be compensated for which may include:

Medical care for injuries
Pain and suffering
Permanent physical disability or disfigurement
Loss of wages
Loss of family, social or educational experiences or recreational events
Emotional and/or psychological damages

How Lawyers Can Help

If you have been injured as the result of dangerous conditions on someone else’s property, you should consult with an attorney that can help you pursue a premises liability claim. Some states adhere to a Comparative Fault system in personal injury cases. As a business owner, you may find that the injured person may be partially at fault; therefore it is wise to seek legal advice before settling the claim.

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