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Slip and Fall
"Slip and fall" is a term used for a personal injury case in which a person slips or trips and falls,
and is injured on someone else's property. These cases usually fall under the broader category of
cases known as "premises liability" claims, because slip and fall accidents usually occur on
property (or "premises") owned or maintained by someone else, and the owner or possessor of the
property may be held legally responsible.

Dangerous conditions such as torn carpeting, changes in flooring, poor lighting, narrow stairs, or a
wet floor can cause someone to slip and hurt him or herself inside a building. Other instances of
slip and fall incidents can occur when people trip on broken or cracked public sidewalks, or trip
and fall on stairs or escalators. In addition, a slip and fall case might arise when someone slips or
trips and falls because of rain, ice, snow or a hidden hazard, such as a pothole in the ground.

There is no precise way to determine when someone else is legally responsible for your injuries if
you slip or trip. Each case turns on whether the property owner acted carefully so that slipping or
tripping was not likely to happen, and whether you were careless in not seeing or avoiding the
condition that caused your fall. Here are some general rules to help you decide whether someone
else was at fault for your slip or trip and fall injury.

In most cases, a person injured in a slip and fall on someone else's property must prove that the
cause of the accident was a "dangerous condition", and that the owner or possessor of the
property knew of the dangerous condition. A dangerous condition must present an unreasonable
risk to a person on the property, and it must have been a condition that the injured party should
not have anticipated under the circumstances. This latter requirement implies that people must be
aware of, and avoid, obvious dangers.

In order to establish that a property owner or possessor knew of a dangerous condition, it must be
shown that:

The owner/possessor created the condition;
The owner/possessor knew the condition existed and negligently failed to correct it; or
The condition existed for such a length of time that the owner/possessor should have discovered
and corrected it prior to the slip and fall incident in question.
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