When an accident or injury occurs to a visitor or tenant living on or visiting another person's property, the property owner may be liable (legally responsible) if it can be shown that their negligence or recklessness caused the injury. If you have been injured through a slip and fall accident at someone else's home or business which you believe may be a result the negligence or recklessness of another person, you may be entitled to recover damages to cover the costs of your medical bills, any lost earnings, pain, disfigurement, emotional distress or permanent physical disability you have suffered.

In slip and fall accidents, generally the victim must be able to prove that the property owner either failed to properly maintain the property, or created unsafe conditions which caused the injury, and knew, or should have known, about the dangerous premises or unsafe hazard but failed to alert visitors or tenants to this fact. Also important is whether or not the unsafe condition was permanent or temporary. If the condition was temporary (for example, debris on the floor of a grocery store), the length of time it existed may affect your ability to prove your case. Contrast this with a leaking freezer in a grocery store that creates a pool of water in an aisle. Almost certainly the grocery store would actually know, or should have known, of this dangerous condition.

If you have been injured in a slip and fall accident in Metropolitan Washington (including the Maryland suburbs and Northern Virginia) or Baltimore (and its surrounding counties), which you believe is due to a property owner's negligence, we would like to hear from you. Call us 866-463-0303 (toll-free) or 202-463-0303 or contact us online for a free consultation.