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Minnesota Slip & Fall Attorneys / Lawyers
Premises Liability in Minnesota
A slippery floor or an unsafe railing can suddenly change a life. A slip, a trip, or a fall can cause painful injuries, medical bills, lost wages or a lasting disability. If you have been injured in a slip-and-fall accident caused by someone else's negligence, talk to a premises liability attorney.
A slip-and-fall injury can be caused by a wide range of hazards. A slip-and-fall accident or trip-and-fall accident may result from poor maintenance, poor design of facilities or simple inattention to obvious hazards. Here are some examples:
In Minnesota, we are used to being careful about walking on snow and ice. There are times, however, when a property owner has failed to correct conditions that make snow and ice more dangerous — a downspout that drains onto a parking lot and creates an ice hazard, a leaky gutter, or an uneven sidewalk hidden by snow.
Retail stores can be dangerous premises -- a leaky freezer in a grocery, debris left in the aisle of a store, a spill on a restaurant floor or an unstable stack of boxed merchandise in a discount store can all cause serious injuries to customers.
Unsafe porches, ramps and balcony railings can cause dangerous falls. At an apartment building, a home or in a hotel — defectively designed, inadequately built or poorly maintained facilities can cause accident injuries including broken bones, head injuries and spinal cord injuries.
Premises liability holds property owners responsible when a person is injured on their property due to a dangerous or unsafe condition. Most properties have safety codes that require owners to avoid exposing people to harm or risk. When an owner fails to protect people on his or her premises and someone is injured, then the owner has been negligent. Victims injured by negligence on someone else’s property have the right to make a claim against the property owner.
Contact Our Premises Liabiity Attorneys for Help
Contact the law offices of Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey for a free consultation. If you or someone you love has been injured due to a slip & fall accident due to negligence on someone else's property, you have a right to recover damages. One of our personal injury attorneys will evaluate your case and help you receive the justice you deserve.
