Slips and Falls


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Slip and Fall cases arise from something known as “premises liability.” Premises liability refers to the responsibility of property owners and their tenants to provide safe conditions for visitors, workers and residents. Under premises liability law, California property owners can be held financially accountable for slip and fall accidents and other accidents and injuries that occur on their premises.

Under California law, the owner of a property, such as a shopping centre, office building, apartment building or other property, owes people who come onto the property a duty to exercise reasonable care to keep the premises safe. For example, property owners must regularly inspect their buildings and ensure that they are safe for visitors, tenants and/or guests. All California proprietors must act with the same care as other reasonably prudent persons would under the same circumstances. Thus, property owners can be held accountable for a slip and fall or other accident that directly resulted from their failure to provide reasonably safe conditions.

There is almost always excellent insurance coverage to pay for these claims by victims of a slip and fall or other accident.

The key factor in establishing liability for a premises liability issue is to determine if the property owner or tenant had actual knowledge of the dangerous condition. Property owners who do not properly inspect their buildings can be held accountable for failing to comply with their duty to inspect or properly maintain their properties. This can be done by showing that the hazardous location was not inspected within a reasonable amount of time. Also, very often a landlord or tenant will receive complaints about a dangerous or hazardous condition at their property; if they then fail to address the problem and make it safe, the landlord and/or tenant can have serious liability if the condition causes a personal injury later.

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