Given the diversity of activities in Florida for residents and visitors, many potential risks arise around local businesses in the Hillsborough County area. The usual ones are inadvertent slip and fall incidents from dangerous or hazardous conditions. Minor incidents usually are not severe enough to seek legal assistance. However, people do have a reasonable expectation to walk in parks, malls, and clubs safely. When people give patronage to restaurants there is an implied level of safety by the very nature of being open to the public. If conditions are not safe in both open and public areas, then people have an expectation to be alerted through signage and other means to any potential dangers. Even with notification, whether verbal or written, it remains that an expectation of safety exists between a patron and a business. The expectation of safety includes sidewalks without cracks, and that there aren't any hazardous materials spilled on floors or parking lots.
There is a reasonable expectation when visiting someone else's home or place of business that it is safe to be there. Romantic restaurants with dimly lit lighting may become liable for uncorrected pot holes or slippery floors that patrons can be injured by. Lighting is such an important safety issue for businesses and makes sense to take reasonable care in maintaining at safe levels for patrons and employees.
Grocery stores and florists have a responsibility to keep their floors dry in preventing injuries to their customers. Gas stations also have responsibilities to keep oil and grease away from walkways to prevent potential slip, trip and fall injuries.
Parks may have both hard dirt and grass areas for different activities. If watering or other activities cause soft or slippery surfaces then people may slip, trip or fall in these areas. This is not good even when signage warns users. The question arises as to whether it was easily seen and was there a reasonable expectation of something being dangerous and marked properly.
Injured persons are entitled to recover damages that arise from specific dangers they had reasonable expectation to be protected from. These problems arise when people, businesses and other legal entities allow dangerous conditions to exist on their premises. Injuries and damages escalate when responsible parties do nothing to correct them. Even if a property owner wasn't aware of the circumstances and conditions they may still be liable. The awareness factor is important because of the length of time a particular hazard or danger is allowed to exist, as it essentially demonstrates negligence. Ownership has responsibilities. These include knowing and correcting anything that could cause injury or damage to a reasonable user while on their property. It is assumed a responsible owner would discover and correct defects in their property that could injure anyone visiting or using their property.
Sometimes the hardest part is to identify the liable entity that is responsible for the injury and damage. Once found though other issues appear regarding the enforcement of court rulings. Collecting a judgment can be challenging. Choosing competent local Tampa injury attorneys can make the outcome more favorable.
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