Slip and fall incidents often occur in grocery stores, retail stores and other types of businesses that may have surveillance or security systems in place. Although normally put in place in order to prevent theft, these systems and the videos they capture also can be key evidence in the event someone falls and is injured…
One moment you’re walking along in a store or other establishment, minding your own business, and in the next you are on the ground, with your lower back seriously hurting. You have been the victim of a slip and fall accident. If you have been injured in a slip and fall or a trip and…
A Tallahassee woman recently prevailed upon a premises liability claim after suffering serious injuries due to a 2016 slip-and–fall incident in a local hospital and was awarded $1.1 million by a Leon County jury after a trial against the hospital. According to a Tallahassee Democrat report regarding the case, the woman was at Capital Regional…
Premises liability, or slip-and-fall, claims are an often-misunderstood type of personal injury claim in Florida. One aspect of these claims that often baffles many Florida residents is who is responsible for the safety and cleanliness of the premises where a business is operated. Many people have an image of someone slipping and falling on a…
The son-in-law of famous country singer Alan Jackson was recently killed in a tragic slip and fall accident in Palm Beach County. According to a report from the Miami Herald regarding the incident, Samuel “Ben” Selecman was assisting another passenger onto a boat in Jupiter this past weekend when he slipped on the dock, in…
As recently reported in online legal news website the Florida Record, Schwed Adams, Sobel & McGinley attorney Michael Peckham recently filed suit on behalf of a firm client who was injured as a result of the negligence of the owners and employees of Cyn Nightclub in Fort Lauderdale for permitting a liquid substance to accumulate…
You may have heard the term slip and fall but never understood exactly what it was referring to. A slip and fall incident is one in which someone loses his or her footing, falls and is injured on premises or property that is owned or operated by a third party. Slip and fall incidents can…
