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Tips for Slip and Fall Injuries

Every state across the country, including California, seems to have its own set of laws that regulate slip and fall accidents due to wet surfaces where someone sustains injuries. If the surface was wet because it wasn’t properly maintained or because of a faulty warning sign, the property owner may be held accountable in a civil court.

When a person is in a public place and slip and fall accidents happen in Roseville due to wet surfaces or other dangerous conditions, they are said to have “premises liability.” If there is evidence that the accident was due to negligence, the owner, operator or possessor of the premises may be held liable for your injuries. That is:

1. The property owner must have known or should have known of the hazardous condition.
2. The property owner failed to take reasonable steps to fix the problem.
3. The person who was injured did not contribute in any way to the accident, either through negligence on their part or because they didn’t see the hazard until it was too late.
4. The person who was injured sustained real, measurable damages as a result of the accident.
5. The property owner may have to pay punitive damages if they knew that employees or customers were in serious danger because of the wet surface but failed to take any reasonable precautions to fix it.
6. You may be able to recover legal costs and any compensation that your medical bills and lost income might warrant.
7. In addition to compensation for any physical or emotional injuries that you may have, you might also be able to recover damages for the loss of value in your property.

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