Property owners (or tenants who are in possession and control of a property) are expected to maintain their property so that it is reasonably safe for any invited guests or customers. If a person slips or trips, falls, and is injured on someone else's property due to a dangerous condition that the property's owner knew (or, in some cases, should have known) about, the injured person may seek compensation from the owner. An experienced Florida slip-and-fall attorney can play a key role in that effort.

A lot of factors come into play in the determination of liability (or legal responsibility) for a slip-and-fall incident. One such factor is the injured person's reason for being on the property: business invitees get more protection from the law than social guests do, while trespassers get very little protection (and would therefore be least likely to succeed in a legal claim for compensation). Another factor is the nature of the hazard that led to the injury: was it obvious? Could it have easily been eliminated, or rendered less dangerous, by the property owner? A third are the actions of the property owner: did the owner make reasonable inspections of his or her property? Did the owner take reasonable actions in seeking to eliminate the dangerous conditions, or to warn visitors about any such conditions?

Another important consideration in slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall cases that involve injuries are the actions of the injured party. All of us are expected to act with reasonable care in our daily activities; if a person's own negligence caused that person's injury, the fact that the negligence occurred on someone else's property may be irrelevant. However, if both the injured party and the property owner acted negligently, the injured person may be able to receive at least partial compensation for pain and suffering, medical expenses, and any lost wages related to the injury.

If you or someone you love has been injured in a slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall incident and you believe that another person was responsible for that injury, please contact The Law Offices of Jamie L. Allen right away for a free consultation.

Our experienced slip-and-fall Boca Raton, Sarasota, and Fort Lauderdale attorneys, together with our investigators and support staff, are ready to provide personalized and effective representation throughout Broward, Palm Beach, and Sarasota County.

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