Orange County Slip and Fall Attorney

Slip and fall accidents, and the related trip and fall accidents, are a common type of personal injury that can be due to another party’s negligence. They are no laughing matter and can result in serious injury and financial loss. These types of accidents may have been preventable had the owner of the property on which they occurred taken steps to alleviate the potential problem. Failing to do so may prove they were negligent and thus responsible for any injury stemming from the unaddressed problem. If you have suffered a slip, trip or fall on someone else’s property or have been injured by anything dangerous on their property, we urge you to contact the Orange County slip and fall law offices of Kyle Scott Law, located in Tustin, California. Mr. Scott’s familiarity with Orange County, the Orange County Superior Court system and judges and decades of experience in this area of law mean he is best suited to help you find justice and the maximum compensation for your injuries.

Injuries from things like slips and falls that occur on another’s property may fall under what is known as “premises liability” or “occupier’s liability.” Within the scope of this area of law are things such as wet floors, walkways or decking that are slippery due to polishing or using materials that are not sufficiently slip resistant, deteriorating infrastructure like staircase railings, steps and curbs that are improperly constructed, poorly maintained, falling apart, holes, defective seating areas, such as unsafe benches or chairs.

As the article in Wikipedia states, for premises liability to apply to a situation the following must apply:

• The defendant must possess the land (i.e., the premises).
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• The plaintiff must be an invitee or sometimes a licensee. Wikipedia notes that the court case of Rowland v. Christian in 1968 (in front of the California Supreme Court) set a precedent blurring the lines between invitee and trespasser.
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• There must be negligence or a breach of what is known as the “duty of care” or some other type of wrongdoing.
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Note: Duty of care is a de facto legal obligation in which an individual must adhere to a certain standards of reasonable care—in effect anticipating those things which could potentially cause harm or injury to someone and seeing that they are addressed.

Should a slip and fall case go to trial, the plaintiff (or the plaintiff’s lawyers) need to prove that the defendant knew or should have known that the element or condition which was the cause of the slip, trip, fall or other injury was unsafe or dangerous and did not act to correct or warn of the condition.

In many ways Orange County is no different from any other area in the nation with thousands of buildings, schools, parks and restaurants. However, as premiere tourist destination, we have more than our share of famous theme parks, water parks, beachfront restaurants, boardwalks and other attractions that, if not properly maintained, bear the potential for slip and fall mishaps or other premises liability defects or dangerous conditions..