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Were You Injured in a Slip

and Fall in Florida? A Collection of Helpful Articles.

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Do You Still Have an Injury Claim if You Wait to See a

Doctor or if You Don’t File a Timely Incident Report After

an Accident?

Here in South Florida, people get hurt in all sorts of ways.

Car crashes, slip and falls, sporting accidents, injuries on a

JetSki or at the water-park, maybe even falling down the

stairs at a shopping mall.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/04/29/didnt-see-the-doctor-after-an-accident-do-you-still-have-an-injury-claim-or-lawsuit/

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Pain and Suffering Claims Now and In The Future – Do You

Have a Case for Pain and Suffering Damages?

No matter how you have been injured — a slip and fall; a

car crash; an on the job accident; a defective product; etc.

— the reality is most every person who is hurt and injured

will experience pain, sometimes severe pain, as well as

physical and mental suffering from the moment of injury

through their long-term recovery and a return to a full and

happy life.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/03/20/your-claims-for-pain-and-suffering-now-and-in-the-future-do-you-have-a-case-for-pain-and-suffering-damages/

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I Slipped and Fell at the Store But There Was a Wet Floor

Sign: Do I Have a Case? In Florida, Maybe.

There are permanent hazards (like dangerous stairways,

etc.) where store owners and other property owners, as well,

are legally duty-bound to put up permanent warning signs

of the hazard.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/03/18/i-slipped-and-fell-at-the-store-but-there-was-a-wet-floor-sign-do-i-have-a-case-in-florida-maybe/

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Ankle Injuries in a Slip and Fall Accident: What Kind of

Damages Can You Recover in a Florida Slip and Fall

Claim?

Most people take the importance of their ankle for granted,

ignore that it’s there, until something happens, like a slip

and fall, and they are injured and in serious pain and unable

to stand on their foot, or use their leg to walk or move

around.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/03/06/ankle-injuries-in-a-slip-and-fall-accident-florida-ankle-damages-in-a-slip-and-fall-claim/

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Do You Still Have a Claim If You are Drunk or Intoxicated

When You Slip and Fall? Florida Casino Fun or Miami

Celebration Gone Awry.

If you are high or drunk from booze or beer or shooters

when you slip and fall and suffer an injury to your foot,

ankle, knee, leg, back, neck, arm — is it all your fault

because you are intoxicated or does the property owner still

have some legal liability here? It’s a great question, and one

with no easy answer.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/02/27/florida-casino-fun-or-miami-celebration-gone-awry-if-you-are-drunk-or-intoxicated-when-you-slip-and-fall-do-you-still-have-a-claim/

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Yellow Warning Tape and Your Florida Slip and Fall Injury:

Does the Tape Mean You Have No Fall Injury Claim

Against Them?

There are certain places, especially in South Florida, where

the environment itself makes an area somewhat risky to

walk across. For example, steps and stairs near a swimming

pool or on a boat dock, are likely to have water splashed

upon them periodically – people should be warned to be

careful as they walk around and through these locations.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/02/25/yellow-warning-tape-and-your-florida-slip-and-fall-injury-does-the-tape-mean-you-have-no-fall-injury-claim-against-them-no/

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Hallandale Beach, Florida: Fun Place With Lots of

Attractions – and Lots of Slip and Fall Injury Risk, Too

Hallandale Beach is a great place to visit and a fabulous

place to live. However, one thing of which we are also very

aware here at our work place is that this community is also

a prime location for slip and fall injuries. Gulfstream Park,

Mardi Gras Casino, Shopping Malls, Restaurants: All Prime

Locations for a Fall Injury.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/02/20/hallandale-beach-florida-fun-place-with-lots-of-attractions-and-lots-of-slip-and-fall-injury-risk-too/

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What Type of Legal Duty Does a Florida Property Owner

Have For Injuries To Visitors?: Florida Premises

Liability’s Invitee, Licensee, Trespasser Distinctions

In Florida, the body of statutory law and court cases, which

creates legal liability for a property owner because of duties

the property owners owes to certain persons who have been

hurt in an accident with serious injury or even death, is

known as Florida’s Premises Liability law.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2014/02/18/owners-legal-duty-for-injury-to-different-types-of-visitors-florida-premises-liabilitys-invitee-licensee-trespasser-distinctions/

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Proving a Florida Slip and Fall Injury Claim: What Does The Person Hurt in a Fall Have to do to Prove Owner Knew

of Danger That Someone Could Slip and Fall and

Didn’t Fix It?

In Florida, the law established both by the Florida legislature as well as Florida case precedent (opinions by the courts) allows people who have been seriously injured from falling after slipping or tripping on floors, sidewalks, stairs, ramps, or other places at a store, restaurant, hotel,

bar, pool, spa, resort, or other business or work place, to file a claim for monetary help.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2013/12/26/proving-a-florida-slip-and-fall-injury-claim-person-hurt-in-fall-has-the-job-to-prove-owner-knew-of-danger-that-someone-could-slip-and-fall-and-didnt-fix-it/

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Child Sports Injuries: Falling on the Playing Field and The Dangers of Serious Head Injuries (Concussions) in Kids

Under 18 Years Old – Football Isn’t The Only Dangerous Sport

The coverage given to recent lawsuits filed against the National Football League, regarding permanent injuries

from concussions sustained by football players which have led to lifetime disabilities or death, have increased public

awareness of the dangers of playing football and head injuries. Because of this increased media coverage, parents and

coaches are now paying closer attention to the risks of head injuries to children caused not only from playing football, but

from other sports as well.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2013/12/17/child-sports-injuries-falling-on-the-playing-field-and-real-dangers-of-serious-concussion-head-injuries-in-kids-under-18-years-old/

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Slip and Fall Injuries at Work: What are the Most

Common Injuries From Falls on the Job?

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health (NIOSH), each year in the United States on the

job worker occupational injuries and illnesses cost at least

$250 billion. On the job injuries cost Americans more than

the total costs of cancer (all kinds of cancer) as well as the

total cost of diabetes treatment or the expense of care and

rehabilitation from strokes.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2013/12/10/slip-and-fall-injuries-at-work-happening-more-often-federal-study-shows-workers-injured-in-falls-on-the-job-most-often-suffer-sprains-strains-tears/

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Hurt at a Florida Theme Park? Did You Slip and Fall at

Disney or Another Florida Amusement Park? Florida

Premises Liability Law Controls Your Claim

Most slip and fall injuries are minor: a child slips near the

water slide and suffers a bloodied knee or a stubbed toe, for

example. However, theme park slip and falls can result in

serious and severe injuries for amusement park visitors,

including spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries

where there may be lifelong complications.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2013/11/14/hurt-at-a-florida-theme-park-did-you-slip-and-fall-at-disney-or-another-florida-amusement-park-florida-premises-liability-law-controls-your-claim/

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Florida Hotel Slip and Falls: What is the Victim’s Evidence

Burden When Falling at Hotel and Trying to Recover

Compensation?

Florida hotel guests and resort visitors who slip and fall

during their stay must spend more time and expense in

proving up their claims in order to win their case and obtain

monetary damages from the establishment whose actions

(or inactions) caused them to be hurt.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2013/11/07/florida-hotel-slip-and-falls-falling-at-hotel-may-result-in-claims-against-hotel-for-damages-and-a-legal-fight-over-victims-evidence-burden-and-a-summary-judgment-battle/

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Hurt While Food Shopping in Florida: What are the

Evidence Requirements to Prove Your Slip and Fall Injury

Claim Against The Grocery Store or Supermarket?

Here in Florida, just like other parts of the country, grocery

stores and supermarkets are notorious for slippery floors

and unkempt aisles, where customers pushing shopping

carts, taking products off shelves, or testing produce lose

their footing and fall on hard grocery store floors, in a slip

and fall injury.

http://southfloridainjuryaccidentblog.com/2013/10/31/hurt-while-food-shopping-in-florida-slip-and-fall-injury-at-the-grocery-store-the-florida-supermarket-slip-and-fall-evidence-requirements/

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