Supermarkets are remarkably busy business establishments where thousands of people shop every day and unfortunately many accidents take place at them. These accidents happen in many ways including the way described above. Please accept this blog entry from our accident lawyer in Boca Raton (injury attorney Deerfield Beach, accident lawyer Pompano Beach, injury lawyer Fort Lauderdale, accident attorney Wilton Manors, accident lawyer Hallendale; injury lawyer Hollywood).
In Florida, generally, solely because you fall in a business establishment, like a supermarket, does not mean automatically that the business establishment owes you money – for your medical bills, lost wages or pain and suffering. Negligence must be proved against the premises owner or occupier. These sorts of injuries are under premises liability laws. When there is a hazardous condition, it must be proved that the business created the hazard, knew about the hazard or should have known about the hazard (constructive notice; and there are specific statutes now dealing with “transitory” substance hazardous conditions; see previous blog entries regarding same). In this fact pattern, the supermarket created the hazard as the butcher was obviously negligent in stocking the shelves and letting meat juice on the floor. Thus, generally, under Florida law, this sort of fact pattern would seem to be a case, but of course all evidence would have to be heard and an ultimate decision by the factfinder if the case were to go to court. The supermarket very well may argue that the injured person should have seen the meat juice on the floor and thus is partially at fault (comparative negligence as discussed on previous blogs). And of course damages like medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering would need to be proven, in addition to proving that the damages sought are causally related to the particularly accident, or in this case the fall in the meat juice.
I handle cases against: Publix, Winn Dixie, Albertson’s, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Aldi’s or any local supermarket.
If you have been in an accident, please call Drucker Law Offices at 561-483-9199 (Boca Raton Main office) or 954-755-2120 (Coral Springs satellite office) or 305-981-1561 (Miami satellite office) for a free consultation. We only charge fees and costs if we recover money for you.
It is important to note that every case is unique and should be judged based on the specific 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 a minor difference in the facts of the case could change the result. Also, this blog is, as the web site suggests, based on Florida law and the laws of any other states or even another country could vary from Florida.
