South Florida Injury Lawyers Blog
Jones v. Imperial Palace – Trip-and-Fall Claims Require Actual or Constructive Knowledge
Suffering a fall in a public place can be more than a minor embarrassment – it can cause very real and very serious injury.
However, that alone is not enough to secure compensation. Proving premises liability in Florida as well as in most other jurisdictions requires proof the property owner or possessor had actual or constructive knowledge of the danger, the danger wasn’t easily knowable for the injured person, and the property owner failed to either mitigate the hazard or warn of it.