by Alan Sackrin | Mar 12, 2024 | FAQs, Premises Liability
According to Florida law, a business and/or property owner can be held liable for not taking additional precautions for your safety when a danger is such that the owner should reasonably anticipate that it creates an unreasonable risk of harm despite a warning or your...
by Alan Sackrin | Mar 5, 2024 | FAQs, Premises Liability
According to Florida law, a business establishment has a duty to maintain its premises in a reasonably safe condition, and to warn of any concealed perils: A landowner owes an invitee a duty to: (1) “use ordinary care in keeping the premises in a reasonably safe...
by Alan Sackrin | Feb 27, 2024 | FAQs, Hotel Injuries, Premises Liability, Slip and Falls
According to Florida law, as a general rule, handrail(s) are necessary to make steps or stairs reasonably safe: Whether, as a general rule, handrail(s) are necessary to make steps or stairs reasonably safe, see generally Atlantic Terrace Co. v. Rosen, 56 So.2d 444...
by Alan Sackrin | Feb 20, 2024 | FAQs, Premises Liability
According to Florida case law, where the plaintiff alleges that the defendant had a duty to protect against reasonably foreseeable criminal conduct, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant had knowledge of similar criminal actions occurring on the premises: The...
by Alan Sackrin | Jan 9, 2024 | FAQs, Premises Liability, Slip and Falls
According to Florida law, in a premises liability case, a business owner or landowner has a duty to warn when their knowledge of the danger is superior to that of the injured party: Looking at the second theory first, it is clear that there was no concealed peril...
by Alan Sackrin | Apr 4, 2023 | FAQs, Premises Liability, Slip and Falls
According to Florida case law, uneven floor levels are obvious and not inherently dangerous conditions: Uneven floor levels are obvious and not inherently dangerous conditions as a matter of law. E.g., Casby v. Flint, 520 So.2d 281, 282 (Fla. 1988) (finding that...