Please accept today’s blog entry from the accident lawyer from Boca Raton (injury lawyer Coral Springs, accident attorney Sunrise, injury attorney Plantation, accident lawyer Weston, injury attorney Miramar, accident lawyer Pembroke Pines) will respond to this question.
The issue in the question above deals with comparative fault. Under Florida law, if the jury finds that the defendant is at fault, they can also consider whether the plaintiff is at fault. This law applies to most all accident cases. In the question posed, if the jury would find the business establishment at fault where the injured person fell, they may also find the injured person at fault for not seeing the water on the floor. If the jury would make that factual finding that the business establishment was at fault AND the injured person is also partly at fault, then they would have to apportion the fault, in other words 50 percent, 50 percent or 70 percent, 30 percent and so forth.
If you have been in an accident, please call attorney Gary J. Drucker at 561-483-9199 (Boca Raton – Main office) or 954-755-2120 (Coral Springs – satellite office) or 305-981-1561 (Miami – satellite office).
Of course, every case is different and has to be judged based on the facts of the case. The advice in this blog is intended to be general in nature and should not to be construed as specific advice for a case, as any difference in the facts could ultimately change the result. Also, this blog is, as the web site name suggests, based on Florida law and the laws of any other states or some other country could vary significantly from Florida.
