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When a property owner causes dangerous conditions to exist on his or her property, the property owner must warn of the danger or make the condition safe. Additionally if a property owner has a dangerous condition on his property we must prove he knew or should have known of the danger to be successful in a slip or trip and fall case. If you are a victim of a slip or trip and fall case, please call us. We have a track record of success in these types of cases, as you will see below in some real live examples. Call us at 1-888-752-7474 or Contact Us.

The most common incidences of slip and fall or trip and fall cases seen by a personal injury attorney are in stores. Typically, a foreign substance is found on the floor by an unsuspecting customer who falls on or because of the substance. Supermarkets are a prime example of this kind of injury.

California law has been developed to provide certain rights to the person injured in a slip or trip and fall case. However, if you fall it does not mean that you are immediately compensated. You must show that the landowner knew of the condition or should have known of the condition. Proving that a landowner knew of the dangerous conditions is difficult if an attorney is not experienced in slip and fall cases. No landowner or store employee admits they knew of the spill and ignored it. That can cost them their job. The proof comes from extrinsic and circumstantial evidence.

What did the spill look like? Had there been signs of age on the spill? Were the edges dry but the middle still wet? Had the employee actually spilled the substance? Who caused the spill or had similar spills occurred before? Did the spill have other step marks or shoe prints in it? What was the substance?

In one case in our office, a refrigeration machine leaked onto the floor causing our client, a patron of the store, to fall and receive serious injuries. The store argued that this was the first time such an incident had occurred. We were able, through expert testimony and examination; demonstrate by residual watermarks in the spill pan of the unit, that this had happened a number of times before. Had this client gone through trial without an experienced slip and fall attorney, it would have been a likely disaster because without proof that the incident had occurred in the past or that the store employees knew of the spill on that day, the client would have lost his case. Most cases that go to trial in Orange County California lose because of ill preparation or insufficient evidence of knowledge of the spill.

We can help if you contact us immediately. The quicker we can investigate a fall or tripping hazard, the more likely we can recover for the case. Please call for a free consultation at 1-888-752-7474 or Contact Us.