The Most Important Facts Needed To Prove Any Slip & Fall Case In Orlando, Florida

 

 

 

 

As I just mentioned, you, as the plaintiff, must prove that the business owner had notice of whatever caused you to fall (during any slip and fall lawsuit). Oftentimes the plaintiff must help the slip and fall attorney determine whether any such evidence exists. You taking photographs might be essential to our investigation and proof. Your testimony might also be enough. But you need something showing that the dangerous condition existed for such a length of time that the business should have known about it. For example, if you slipped and fell on a liquid substance in a grocery store, the liquid might have had grocery cart track marks going through it, dirt in the liquid, started to form a gel or harden, been caused by thawing frozen foods, or come from a leaky cooler or freezer. These types of facts can help you prove that the owner had notice of the condition (because they suggest that the liquid had been there a longer time). Another way to prove notice might be that store employees dropped something on the floor that broke (because the store is considered to know what their employees do). On the other hand, if you just slipped and fell on an unknown clear liquid, from an unknown source, which had been on the floor for an unknown period of time, you almost certainly will not be able to recover one single penny from the business owner. You simply cannot establish your undeniable and unbending legal requirement to prove that the substance had been on the floor for at least 20-30 minutes. There simply must be something about the liquid that suggests that liquid had been there for some period of time to recover anything. Another example would be slipping on the classic banana peel. How would you prove that a banana peel had been on the floor for an extended period of time? Well, a dark banana peel, by itself, may or may not be enough, since a dark banana theoretically could have fallen on the floor. But a dark banana peel with grocery cart track marks, or visible dirt on top of the peel, would get you a lot further.

 

 

Well, first of all, I don’t think YOU, as a consumer, should make that decision. As a plaintiffs’ Florida slip and fall attorney, I am trained to ask many questions designed to uncover potentially creative ways of arguing that the store had notice. Or that the condition occurred regularly. So really you should call me. If I cannot think of any argument to prove notice or regularity, then I might have to decline your case. The reason is that if we filed suit on your behalf, but could not prove notice, then your case would likely be dismissed before ever reaching a jury (with no recovery for you). We might also be able to argue that this statute should not apply because your slip and fall was not caused by a “transitory foreign substance” (such as something inherent in the construction of the premises).

 

 

You should understand that this statute only applies to falls on BUSINESS premises in the state of Florida, so the law is different if you slipped and fell at someone’s home, for example. The law also varies tremendously in other states.

 

 

If you were injured as a result of any slip and fall accident, you need someone to talk through the facts with you, in great detail, to determine the likelihood that we could prove your case. I accept text messages or phone calls 24/7 and return messages quickly. I will help you get to the bottom of whether you have a good slip and fall case.