St. Petersburg Accident Blog

What Not To Do After a Florida Slip and Fall Accident

Read this blog to find out what you shouldn’t do after a slip and fall accident. If you or someone you know has been injured in a Florida slip and fall accident, you should contact a St. Petersburg personal injury attorney at the Law Offices of William K. Saron at (727) 345-4566 or (866) 836-4947.

Serious Knee Injuries Are Common From Slip & Fall Accidents

A slip and fall accident can result in a serious knee injury. Knee injuries are painful and can be disabling. If you have suffered a knee injury from someone else's negligence, contact the Law Offices of William K. Saron at (727) 345-4566 or (866) 826-4947.

How Can You Prove Fault in a Florida Slip and Fall?

If you have slipped and fallen at a mall, apartment complex, office building or other location, you are not alone.  Falls are one of the leading causes of unintentional injuries in the United States.  Many falls are caused by our own carelessness, either we weren’t paying attention or failed to adhere to warning signs of a slippery or uneven surface.  However, sometimes a slip and fall accident or trip and fall accident is the fault of the property owner. 

After a Florida fall accident, you need to think about what caused your fall.  Torn carpet, broken tile, worn out stairs and slippery surfaces are common factors in fall accidents.  A property owner isn’t going to be responsible every time there is a wet surface, but there are going to be some situations where the property owner should have taken action to prevent the hazard that caused your fall.

Florida slip and fall accident cases can be tricky.  There are different circumstances that could prove that the property owner was responsible.  For example, you will need to show either that the property owner or one of their employees caused the dangerous surface or that they must have known about the hazard and did not repair it.  A property owner can also be held liable if they should have known about the dangerous condition because a reasonable person would have been aware of it.

Contact a Florida slip and fall accident attorney if you have been injured in a fall.  Call the Law Offices of William K. Saron today at (727) 345-4566 or (866) 836-4947 for legal advice.

Fall Accidents Can Result in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

It’s hard to imagine that a slip and fall accident can lead to serious injuries, including a traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Most people associate fall accidents with broken bones, bruises or sprains, but according to the Brain Injury Association of America, falls are a leading cause of traumatic brain injury, accounting for 28 percent of TBI cases every year.

A traumatic brain injury disrupts the function of the brain and can cause major problems for the victim.  For example, TBI can affect language, thinking, learning, sensation, emotions and behavior.  In some cases, traumatic brain injury has resulted in epilepsy and can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other serious brain disorders.

When someone slips and falls, if there is a sudden blow or jolt to the head, it can cause irreversible brain damage.  Even though treatment is available for a patient with a traumatic brain injury, the injury can still be life-altering.  Surgery is often required for victims of traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation is commonly used to improve their situation.

Medical treatment for TBI caused by a fall accident can be expensive over the victim’s lifetime.  If the slip and fall accident occurred on someone else’s property, including office buildings, parking lots, grocery stores and apartments complexes, the property owner can be held liable.  When a property owner is found to be responsible for the injuries, compensation can be pursued, which will help cover the costs of medical treatment and lost income.

If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident or have a family member who has sustained a traumatic brain injury resulting from a fall, contact the Law Offices of William K. Saron at (866) 836-4947 or (727) 345-4566.

The article, “Traumatic Brain Injury Caused By Slip and Fall Accident,” has more information on this topic.

Can a Property Owner be Responsible for Your Injuries?

Did you slip and fall at a mall, grocery store, parking lot, workplace or other location?  If so, you may be wondering if you can hold the property owner responsible for your injuries.  Slip and fall and trip and fall injuries can be serious, resulting in high medical costs and time away from work.  You need to know your legal rights following a slip and fall accident.

Slip and fall accidents fall under a legal category known as premises liability.  Property owners owe a legal duty of reasonable care to keep their premises free from danger.  According to Florida law, a business owner has the responsibility to “maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition for the safety of business invitees on the premises, which includes reasonable efforts to keep the premises free from transitory foreign objects or substances that might foreseeably give rise to loss, injury or damage.”

There are certain things that you have to prove in order to receive compensation from a property owner.  Some of the questions that will need to be answered include:

• Did the person in control of the property owe you a duty?
  
• Did the property owner act negligently by failing to exercise reasonable care in the “maintenance, inspection, repair, warning or mode of operation of the business premises?”
  
• Did the property owner fail to provide reasonable care, which ultimately caused you loss, injury or damage?

The first question can be answered by reviewing the categories of visitors on a property, which include invitees, licensees and trespassers.  A licensee is someone who has a reason to believe the property is open for use, such as in the situation of a customer shopping at a retail store.  A licensee is someone who is on the property for any other reason other than commercial or business use.  A trespasser is a person who is on the property without expressed or implied invitation or permission.  In most circumstances, a property owner owes the duty of reasonable care to invitees, licensees and known trespassers.  Also, a property owner cannot intentionally harm a trespasser.

If you have been injured on someone else’s property, contact a Florida slip and fall attorney who can review your case to determine who was liable.  Call the Law Offices of William K. Saron at (727) 345-4566 or (866) 836-4947 for expert legal advice.

The article, Property Owner’s Responsibility for Injuries, has more information regarding this subject.