Slip and Fall Lawyer Resources

Slip and fall cases sound simple and almost always are not. The law does not make a property owner responsible for every injury that happens on the property. It asks a narrower question: did the owner or occupier know, or should they have known, about a dangerous condition and fail to fix it or warn about it within a reasonable time? Surveillance footage, inspection logs, and maintenance records usually decide these cases, and most of that evidence starts disappearing the day after the fall.

Notice is the battlefield. A puddle that had been on the floor for thirty seconds may not trigger liability. A puddle that had been there for thirty minutes near a produce cooler, with no warning cone and no inspection log, can be a strong case. That is why slip and fall claims turn so heavily on what can be preserved quickly and what the property can produce in discovery. Comparative fault also plays a much larger role than in other premises cases, because defendants will argue the customer was looking at a phone, wearing the wrong shoes, or ignored a warning sign.

George Goldberg has handled premises liability cases for 32+ years across grocery stores, big-box retailers, hotels, apartment complexes, restaurants, and commercial properties. We know the playbook the defense uses, and we know how to send preservation-of-evidence letters fast enough to lock down video and sweep logs before they are erased.

Below you will find our library on how premises liability works, what to do immediately after a fall, how notice is proved, and how fault is apportioned under comparative negligence rules. The FAQ covers the questions we hear most often in the first call.

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