Friday, March 5, 2010

Slippery Floor Injury

Below is a great explanation of Premises Liability. Check out the article!

Slippery Floor Injury and Liability of Store Owner PersonalInjuryLawyer.com:

"Determining Liability for a Slippery Floor Accident"

A building owner has the legal responsibility to maintain a property that is safe for visitors. When the property owner fails to do so and a serious injury occurs, the injured person has the right to seek compensation for medical and rehabilitation costs, economic losses and pain and suffering.

The owner of the premises owes a legal duty to a business invitee to do the following:

1> To use reasonable care to maintain the premises in a safe condition, which includes a duty to use reasonable care to learn of the existence of any danger conditions that may exist.

2> To give the invitee warning of a dangerous condition which are or should be known by the property owner, but are not known to the invitee and could not be discovered through the exercise of due care."...