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SLIP & FALL
INJURIES
 Injuries from falls are the leading cause of liability loss claims and rank as the second leading cause of accidental deaths for 45 to 75-year-olds.
Slip and fall accidents are personal injuries and are one type of "fall down" accidents.
There are four general types of slip and fall accidents.
- Trip-and-fall accidents, where there is a foreign object in the walking path.
- Stump-and-fall accidents, where there is an impediment in the walking surface.
- Step-and-fall accidents, where there is an unexpected failure or hole in the walking surface.
- Slip-and-fall accidents, in which the interface of the shoe and the floor fails.
Both the property owner, as well as the injured person, can be held to varying degrees of responsibility for an injury. The property owner has a responsibility to keep its property safe, while the individual has a duty to watch where they are going, as well as realize that there are items that can fall or spill onto walking surfaces.
Ideally, an incident report should be completed at the time of the incident, noting what happened, who witnessed both the accident and the conditions that caused the fall, along with any other relevant information, such as lighting. The requirement for a report is generally a store or business policy, rather than mandated by law.
If you or a loved one has fallen due to the negligence of another, please give us a call.
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