Across the country, thousands of people are injured because of slip-and-fall accidents every year. Slip-and-fall accidents may arise in many scenarios, such as defective stairs, uneven surfaces, or wet surfaces. In order to determine who is at fault for an injury due to a slip-and-fall accident, three elements must be met. First, the property or business owner had a duty of care. Meaning they are responsible for providing “reasonable care” for their guests or shoppers. Secondly, the property owner must have breached this duty of care. For example, someone spilled milk on aisle four, and it has been sitting there for over three hours. No one has attempted to clean it up, and there is no caution sign either. Lastly, you have now sustained an injury because the property or business owner breached their duty of care. In sum, in order to hold another party at fault for an injury due to a slip-and-fall accident, there must be a (1) duty of care, (2) breach of that duty, and (3) injury resulting from that breach of duty. To learn more about slip-and-fall accidents and whether you have a potentially viable case, contact the experienced Yuma, Arizona, personal injury attorneys at Wattel & York today!
