Slips and falls are serious.  They constitute the leading cause of serious injury in senior citizens.  They lead to thousands of trips to the emergency room every year for a wide variety of injuries, including broken bones (often broken hips, arms, and shoulders), severe bruising, back injuries, head injuries, and death.

A slip and fall is just one example of an injury that falls under what is known as premises liability law. This group of torts covers not just slips, but any accident that occurs as the result of negligence while on another’s property. All property owners and lessees in Louisiana have a legal duty to keep their property in a safe condition so that visitors are not injured.  For instance, if a person is injured in a store because the store failed to clear a water spot, the store may be liable, because a reasonable person would have cleared the water spot in order to prevent injuries.

As a slip and fall injury law firm, our role is to demonstrate that the property owner or lessee knew (or should have known) about the unsafe or hazardous condition, and failed to repair or fix the condition in a reasonable amount of time. It will be up to a judge or jury to determine what “reasonable” actions should have been taken, as well as what amount of time is “reasonable” depending upon the facts and circumstances of the situation.  In addition, the victim must also prove that he or she sustained an injury as the result of the slip and fall.

 

Contact us to schedule a no-charge, no-obligation case evaluation if you found yourself injured while on someone else’s property.