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Premises
Liability
The
phrase "slip & fall" is well recognized
in our litigious culture. Slip & fall legal practice
deals with the concept of premises liability. An owner
of property ("premises") owes a duty to his
guests ("invitees") to keep his property in
a reasonably safe condition. So, if you slip and fall
on a banana peel while at the local grocery store, your
grocer may have breached his duty to provide you, his
customer, with a reasonably safe shopping experience.
If such a breach caused your injury, you may be entitled
to compensation from the grocer.
The primary question involves whether the complained
of dangerous condition is an unreasonably dangerous
condition. That is, just because a banana peel is on
the floor does not mean you will necessarily win a slip
& fall case. For instance, if you threw the banana
peel on the floor and thus its presence there was no
fault of the grocer's, the grocer may not be liable.
Likewise, if the grocer roped off the area where the
banana peel fell, yet you entered that area anyhow,
the grocer would probably not be liable. Slip and fall
pictures may help you win deserved compensation. Of
course, aside from simple slip & falls, there are
many other types of injuries that may be sustained on
another's property.
There are some other peculiar rules involved with premises
liability. Many judges determine exactly what duty or
responsibility a landowner or land possessor owes to
another person who is on his land based on the status
of the person who is on the land. That is, the owner
or possessor owes a different duty to a trespasser than
he does to his guest.
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