What To Know About Your Slip And Fall

While some slip and fall instances only cause minor injuries, the reality is a slip and fall can cause debilitating and painful injuries. The motion involved in a slip and fall puts the entire neck and back at risk, potentially causing serious injuries to the nerves, muscles, and bones in the spinal column. These accidents can also cause brain injuries as the head comes into contact with the floor. Because of the potential for severe injuries, it’s absolutely necessary for commercial properties to keep floors free of any liquids that could cause a fall. Unfortunately, not all businesses exercise appropriate safety practices and accidents occur. But, slip and fall cases aren’t as simple as many people think. Here are a few things you need to know about premises liability cases.

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Attractive Nuisance and Other Types of Premises Liability

Most people think premises liability cases are only slip and fall accidents. While slipping on a spill in a grocery store certainly is a type of premises liability accident, there are many other types of premises liability accidents to be aware of. Property owners have a responsibility to keep visitors reasonably safe from harm, and this goes far beyond cleaning up spills.

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Everything You Need To Know About Premises Liability

Have you ever seen a spill in a grocery store or an uneven walkway in an apartment complex? These are dangerous conditions; and, while you might not think much of them, they can cause serious injuries. Slipping on a liquid could cause back injuries and tripping on uneven walkways could cause someone to hit their head. People often aren’t able to see these hazards until they’ve suffered an injury as a result of them. Many victims of these accidents are unaware that they can take legal action based on the legal concept of premises liability.

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Edwardsville, Illinois Theater Sued Over Defective Step

A local woman brought suit against Kerasotes Showplace Theater in Edwardsville, Illinois over a defective step. Interestingly, the entire trip and fall is on video. The movie goer walked down some steps in the middle of the movie to use the restroom. Between the upper and lower seats is a walkway. However, the walkway had…

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Suit Filed Over Slip and Fall at Glen Carbon Illinois Lowe’s

Last week a Granite City Illinois man filed a lawsuit after allegedly tripping over a hose while shopping in Lowe’s garden center. Gerald Mangiarcino and his wife Donna filed the suit claiming that the slip and fall resulted in injuries that disrupted his daily life, causing disability and a loss of wages. His wife claims…

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Illinois Pontiac Dealer Sued After Slip-and-Fall

James Kirby, a Millstadt resident, was shopping for a car on July 10, 2008 when he slipped on an unidentified substance. Kirby claims the dealership, Bob Brockland Pontiac Buick GMA, failed to alert customers to the spill. On March 3, 2010, he filed a suit claiming negligence on the part of the dealership. Kirby claimed…

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Slip and fall suit against Edwardsville Target

An Edwardsville woman has filed suit against the Target Corporation claiming she sustained injuries after slipping and falling in the Edwardsville Target retail store. The suit states that “as the Plaintiff was moving from the carpeted to the non-carpeted surface, her foot slid on the carpeting and onto the adjacent area, causing Plaintiff to fall…

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