Slip and Fall
A Team of Personal Injury Lawyers
Slip and fall or trip and fall are the generic terms for injuries that occur as a result of dangerous or hazardous conditions on someone else's property. If you have been injured through a slip and fall accident at someone else's home or business, contact a personal injury lawyer for a free consultation.
Property owners are responsible for injuries that occur as a result of dangerous conditions on their property, which the owner created, knew about or should have known about. The hazard may be obvious (such as a broken stair) or hidden (like a hole under the carpet).
In general, an owner will be considered to have knowledge of a dangerous or hazardous condition if it is permanent. In case of temporary conditions, the length of time that the condition existed before the accident occurred has legal significance. For example, the discoloration of a piece of fruit on the floor, in the produce department of a grocery store, may be used to prove the length of time that the hazardous condition (piece of fruit) was on the floor.