Please accept today’s blog entry as a response to the above question from the accident lawyer and personal injury attorney at Drucker Law Offices.
Obviously, a slip and fall case can happen in many different ways. There are basically three elements of any injury case: 1) liaiblity, 2) damages and 3) causation. For purposes of this discussion, assume that the person that falls is injured and that those injuries are caused by the fall, i.e. assuming the second and third elements of damages and causation. They key issue in this question is liability, which in slip and fall cases is generally negligence. Under civil rules, the plaintiff has the burden of proving the elements of the case and thus has the burden of proving liability. Many people believe that soley because they fall somewhere that the owner or occupier of the place is “automatically liable” for their injuries; however, this is NOT the case and the law is clear that solely because you fall somewhere does not mean they owe you money for lost wages, medical bills, pain and suffering or ANYTHING unless you can prove they were negligent.
If you have been in a slip and fall accident or car accident, please call Drucker Law Offices today for a free consultation at (561) 483-9199 for Palm Beach County (principal office Boca Raton); (954) 755-2120 in Broward County (Satellite office Coral Springs); or (305) 981-1561 in Miami-Dade County (satellite office Miami).
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.
