Common Places And Causes for Slip and Falls
No matter where a person is, the landowner owes him or her the highest duty of reasonable care if that person is a customer or social guest.
This Applies to the Following:
- Store owners
- Apartment complexes
- Homeowners
- Business owners
- Government buildings
- Post offices
- Restaurants
- Any of the various places that people go to shop, dine and visit
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Reasonable Care
Shaw Law has successfully received compensation for clients injured in any of these places. And, the important thing to remember is that each time the landowner or business owes a duty to the invited person to use "reasonable care."
This means the landowner owes the duty to the person on the land to make reasonable inspections at a timely interval so that all dangerous and defective conditions can be discovered and remedied in an efficient fashion.
This does not mean that all parking lots and sidewalks must be free from ice and snow. Nor does it mean that a landowner must salt/plow during a snowstorm. Clearly, a safe premises would be impossible to achieve under those conditions.
Landowner Responsibility
What it does mean, is that a landowner must try to make the land safe by using "reasonable" measures to do so. Consequently, if there was a two-day snowstorm and the landowner does not plow at all or waits until the next week, then that landowner would not be acting "reasonably" and a jury verdict could be rendered in favor of the Plaintiff.
Slip and Fall Accidents Can Occur On/At the Following:
- Automatic Gates And Doors
- Cables And Cords Trip And Fall
- Convenient Stores
- Dollar Stores
- Entrance Mats And Carpet Runners
- Pre-Existing Hazard Slip And Fall
- Falling Merchandise At Big Box Stores
- Fast Food Restaurants
- Gas Stations
- Handicapped Ramps
- Home Improvement Stores
- Hospitals or Doctor's Office
- Improperly Maintained Stairways
- Improper Warning Signs
- Inadequate Maintenance Slip And Fall
- Poorly Constructed Deck
- Retail Stores
- Shopping Mall Slip And Fall Injuries
- Spilled Liquids In Grocery Store
- Swimming Pool Deck
- Uneven Pavement
If you or someone you know was injured in any type of fall accident, learn how we can help recover your medical expenses by calling Shaw Law at (260) 777-7777 or filling out our contact form.