Banana Slip and Fall Cases Are The Real Deal

Escalators are widely used in day-to-day life to enable individuals to quickly move between different floors in a building. They are located in malls, hospitals, airports, hotels, apartment complexes and more. Most people do not even think of potential hazards when they step onto an escalator. However, escalators can lead to slip and fall accidents...

A 65-year-old Florida Keys woman received $30,000 from the city of Key West, Florida, to end her slip-and-fall injury claim. The city commissioners approved the settlement on July 7. Rosanne Woodruff was leaving the A-1 Beauty Salon in Key West, Florida, in February 2012 when she tripped over a broken piece of the concrete sidewalk,...

Slip-and-fall accidents are the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries among the elderly. One in three adults aged 65 or over falls each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most of these falls occur within the home or in close proximity to it. Many elderly people wish to remain...

Among the general population the elderly are often considered to be at the highest risk for slip and fall accidents due to a lack of balance and strength resulting from old age. However, a Purdue University study has found that young adults tend to fall more often than expected. Researchers asked 94 undergraduate college students...

When you go to a restaurant to eat, you often don’t think about the dangers that restaurants present. You are often hungry and want to get to your seat as fast as possible, and you may not be looking for dangerous flooring conditions, such as uneven ground, ripped or torn carpet, and spilled liquid. In...

Fall accidents send roughly 8.9 million people to the emergency room each year, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). As one of the leading causes of unintentional injuries, it’s important for everyone to know where the dangers lie and take the simple yet necessary precautions to prevent injuries. Common Places for Slip and Fall...

As Fort Myers personal injury attorneys, we have represented victims of premises liability accidents in Florida for a number of injuries. While head injuries can be some of the most serious injuries that victims of falls may suffer from, joint injuries are often the most common. Shoulder injuries from slip and fall accidents in South...

Slip and fall accidents often lead to more than bruised egos. The National Safety Council reports that 8.9 million emergency room visits are made annually as a result of slip and fall accidents, which could involve injuries ranging from mild to catastrophic. In some cases, the injured party may be able to recover compensation from...

A transitory foreign substance is any solid or liquid substance, object, or item that is located in a place that it does not belong. The law regarding transitory foreign substances is part of premises liability, and its definition often arises in slip and fall cases. Florida Statute 768.0755 states that if a person slips and...

You may sue an airport for falling if you suffered injuries and have resulting expenses and losses. When a fall occurs, it is generally because of a preventable hazard. The property owner or another entity in charge of maintaining the property has an obligation to keep the area free from hazards. Your Florida slip and...

The location of a slip and fall accident is important because property owners owe different levels of responsibility to those victims who suffer injuries due to an accident on their property. Business property owners, personal property owners, and government entities who own property all have different duties of care and obligations to victims who suffer...

When accepting visitors onto the premises, property owners are held to a high duty of care to ensure that guests and visitors are not injured by hazardous conditions. For example, let’s say that a small child spilled their drink in a grocery store. The store should have workers continuously monitoring the premises to quickly address...