Slip and Fall Accidents
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About Slip and Fall Accidents
Slip and fall" is a term for personal injury cases which arise when injury is caused when a person slips and falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else's property. Slip and fall accidents can occur on commercial, residential or public property. Regardless of where they happen, all property or building owners have a certain level of responsibility (duty of care) to make sure an environment is safe.
This article discusses owner negligence, premises liability cases, and some of the challenges in presenting slip and fall cases.
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How to Document Evidence to Prove Your Slip and Fall Accident Case
Preparing a case for slip and fall and trip and fall accidents can be challenging for many reasons. Insurance companies will try to prove the accident victim was partially at fault, or completely at fault to avoid settling on slip and fall accident claims. To get the best settlement in slip and fall accidents, your attorney must establish that the owner of the property was negligent in some way, or could have reasonably known about a potential hazard and had failed to correct it.
If you are severely injured, especially if you lost consciousness, you may not be able to recall important details about the accident scene or what caused you to fall. However, if you have others with you, or a cell phone or other camera with you, there are some things you may be able to do to help strengthen your case.
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What are the various types of Property Owner's Duty?
Landowners have different degrees of responsibility to different classifications of people who come onto their property. There are three main classifications of people that the law recognizes: invitees, licensees, and trespassers....
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Mr. Rapillo is a member of the California State Bar and the Central and Southern Districts of the United States Federal District Courts, and member of the Consumer Attorneys Association of California, Orange County Trial Lawyers Association and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Mr. Rapillo is former Vice President and Board member of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association.
His Orange County personal injury law practice is dedicated to representing the rights of accident and injury victims and helping them to recover from their losses. Read Attorney John Rapillo's profile
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