2. WET FLOOR SIGN
• IF YOU KNOW ONE THING ABOUT BUSINESSES AND PREMISES LIABILITY LAW, IT’S
THAT A PROPERTY OWNER COULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR YOUR ACCIDENT IF THEY
DO NOT KEEP THEIR PROPERTY SAFE FROM ALL HARM.
• THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR STORES, WHICH ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FREE FROM
ALL HARM BECAUSE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO UTILIZE THEIR PROPERTY EVERY
DAY SO THAT THEY CAN OBTAIN THE GOODS THAT MEAN THE MOST TO THEM.
3. PHOENIX PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER
• WHEN YOU WALK INTO AN ESTABLISHMENT AND THERE ARE SLIPPERY FLOORS,
YOU, LIKE EVERY OTHER AMERICAN, EXPECTS TO SEE WET FLOOR SIGNS TO
WARN PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A SLIPPERY CONDITION THERE. BUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN THERE ARE NO SIGNS AND YOU SLIP AND FALL IN THIS
CONDITION, GAINING A SERIOUS INJURY? YOU MAY WONDER IF YOU CAN HOLD
A STORE LIABLE FOR NOT WARNING YOU ABOUT THE CONDITION.
4. WHY PROPER WET FLOOR SIGNS ARE SO
IMPORTANT
• COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS OWE A DUTY OF CARE TO THOSE WHO UTILIZE
THEIR STORE. THIS MEANS THAT THEY SHOULD PROTECT THEM FROM HARM IN
MANY WAYS, SUCH AS STAIRWAYS THAT NEED RAIL ADJUSTMENTS OR WHEN
THERE IS LOOSE CARPET ON THE FLOOR THAT SOMEBODY COULD TRIP OVER.
PART OF THIS DUTY OF CARE INCLUDES USING WET FLOOR SIGNS, WHICH SHOW
THAT THE AREA AROUND THERE IS SLIPPERY. PERHAPS THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT
THAT SOMEBODY JUST SPILLED SOMETHING AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR AN
EMPLOYEE TO CLEAN THE FLOOR, OR BECAUSE THEY HAVE JUST MOPPED ALL
THE FLOORS IN THE STORE AND THERE IS ONE SECTION JUST WAITING TO DRY.
5. WHY PROPER WET FLOOR SIGNS ARE SO
IMPORTANT
• COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS OWE A DUTY OF CARE TO THOSE WHO UTILIZE
THEIR STORE. THIS MEANS THAT THEY SHOULD PROTECT THEM FROM HARM IN
MANY WAYS, SUCH AS STAIRWAYS THAT NEED RAIL ADJUSTMENTS OR WHEN
THERE IS LOOSE CARPET ON THE FLOOR THAT SOMEBODY COULD TRIP OVER.
PART OF THIS DUTY OF CARE INCLUDES USING WET FLOOR SIGNS, WHICH SHOW
THAT THE AREA AROUND THERE IS SLIPPERY. PERHAPS THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT
THAT SOMEBODY JUST SPILLED SOMETHING AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR AN
EMPLOYEE TO CLEAN THE FLOOR, OR BECAUSE THEY HAVE JUST MOPPED ALL
THE FLOORS IN THE STORE AND THERE IS ONE SECTION JUST WAITING TO DRY.
6. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE
EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE
• WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SPILL JUST HAPPENED AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING TO
AN EMPLOYEE ABOUT IT? IF THE SPILL JUST HAPPENED AND A PERSON STANDING
RIGHT THERE CAME AND SLIPPED ON IT, THEN THE STORE MIGHT NOT BE LIABLE
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FIGURE OUT THAT ANYTHING
WAS WRONG.
7. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE
EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE
• WHAT HAPPENS IF THE SPILL JUST HAPPENED AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING TO
AN EMPLOYEE ABOUT IT? IF THE SPILL JUST HAPPENED AND A PERSON STANDING
RIGHT THERE CAME AND SLIPPED ON IT, THEN THE STORE MIGHT NOT BE LIABLE
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FIGURE OUT THAT ANYTHING
WAS WRONG.
8. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE
EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE
• SOMETIMES, WHEN EMPLOYEES OR MANAGEMENT DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO
DISCOVER THE CONDITION, THE SAME LIABILITY RULES WOULD NOT APPLY.
HOWEVER, IF THE SPILL WAS THERE FOR MANY HOURS ALREADY, THEN THERE IS A
REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE EMPLOYEES HAD ENOUGH TIME TO DISCOVER THAT
SOMETHING WAS WRONG ON THAT PART OF THE FLOOR.
9. HOW WE CAN HELP
• WE CAN HELP YOU FROM BEGINNING TO END WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLAIM YOU
BRING AGAINST A COMPANY FOR THEIR NEGLIGENCE. IN THE BEGINNING, WE WILL
SIT WITH YOU TO COLLECT EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS INCIDENT REPORTS OF EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED, HOSPITAL RECORDS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CONDITION AND
YOUR INJURIES, AND SO MUCH MORE. AT THE ACCIDENT LAW GROUP, WE CAN HELP
YOU IN YOUR TIME OF NEED. CALL US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEND YOU A HELPING HAND WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR CASE,
AT 602-262-4254.
• SOURCES: HTTPS://WWW.INJURYCLAIMCOACH.COM/WET-FLOOR-SIGN.HTML
• ACCIDENT LAW GROUP CO-FOUNDING PARTNER JOSEPH L. BROWN DISCUSSES WHY
YOU SHOULD CALL ALG IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN ACCIDENT. IF YOU OR A
LOVED ONE HAVE BEEN INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT CALL (602) 262-4254 NOW FOR A
FREE CONSULTATION. OR DIAL **ALG FROM YOUR CELL PHONE.
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