South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog
Proving liability in a Florida slip-and-fall case can sometimes be an uphill battle. That has largely to do with F.S. 768.0755, which requires plaintiffs who fell on transitory foreign substances to show defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of that the substance was there.
Absent a written memo or audio recording referencing that specific spill or video of a staffer walking by the spill, proving actual knowledge is very tough. The good news for plaintiffs is that constructive knowledge can be established by showing defendant should have known about the danger. This can be established by showing either that:
- Condition existed for such a time that business establishment should have discovered it;
- The condition occurred with regularity and was therefore foreseeable (due to the business’s “Mode of Operation”).