Slip and fall Injuries often happen outside retail stores. Retail business owners are responsible to maintain their property in a safe condition for customers that might enter their establishment and to do otherwise is an act of negligence by the business owner. In order to have a valid cause of action against a business owner the injured patron would need to be able to evidence the elements of a personal injury cause of action which are (1) a duty of care existed by the business owner, (2) the business owner breached the duty of care, (3) the breach of the duty of care was the proximate or direct cause of an injury to the patron and (4) the patron suffered an injury or damages.
Negligent Maintenance of Business Property
In most cases a patron slips and falls on retail business property due to the business owner’s negligent failure to maintain the walkways, parking lots or entrance and exits of the business in a safe condition for patrons. Sometimes something as simple as placing a rug in the entrance and exit ways can prevent people from slipping in water or snow remaining on slick tile surfaces, falling onto cement floors and being seriously injured. Failure to place the rug may be an act of negligence. When a store patron slips and falls inside or outside a retail store it is usually due to some act of negligence by the store management or simply a general, overall failure to maintain the store property in a safe condition.
Getting Legal Help
If you were injured while visiting a retail store or business it may be important to discuss the circumstances of the injury with a personal injury lawyer
