Supermarket companies in Florida do the best they can to provide a safe and pleasant shopping environment to their customers. They have regular inspections to check for any potential hazards that can put customer safety at risk. Despite these efforts, stories of accidents in supermarkets aren’t rare. This is because of the large number of customers that are present in the supermarket at any given time and the way items are displayed and handled.
Supermarket injuries occur due to a variety of reasons including:
Employee may carry heavy items on pallets to transport them to their destined location in the store. These can be dangerous, especially during busy hours. They may strike a customer knocking them into shelves, displays or worse – the floor.
This is perhaps the most common cause of supermarket injuries. Liquid spills from leaking containers, leaking refrigeration cases and wet floors can all lead to a slip and fall accident in a supermarket.
Defective doors, loose railings or damaged shipping carts, among other faulty equipment can all lead to a serious injury.
Slipping and falling are one of the most common causes of supermarket injuries. When you fall in a crowded place, you would want to get up as quickly as possible – as if nothing has happened – to avoid embarrassment. This is not how you should respond to a supermarket slip and fall accident.
You should stay right there without getting up and ask the people who have witnessed your fall to call the store manager. Once the manger is there, tell them what happened and ask them to write everything down. If possible, take out your cell phone and take pictures of what caused the accident. If you feel that you have sustained a serious injury, call 911 or ask the manager to make the call for you.
Proving a supermarket slip and fall injury case can be difficult. If you are filing a premises liability claim against the supermarket, you must prove that the owner had constructive or actual knowledge that the hazardous condition (the one that caused you harm) existed and should have been remediated.
For example, if an individual walking in front of you drops a can of soft drink and you fall from slipping on its contents, you can’t hold the supermarket liable for your injuries. This is because there was no way the manger or anyone else could have known about it before you fell and thus there is no liability.
However, if you fall on a wet floor in a supermarket and no warning signs were placed alerting you about the danger, you can certainly hold the supermarket liable for your injuries.
A slip and fall accident in a supermarket can lead to serious injuries like spinal cord injuries, broken bones, and traumatic brain injuries. There are numerous factors that can affect your case, which is why it is important to seek expert opinion about your premises liability claim. If you or your loved one have sustained injuries as a resulting of falling in a supermarket, call the experienced West Palm Beach personal injury lawyers of the Shiner Law Group. We will evaluate your case to help you determine whether the supermarket is liable for your injuries.
For a free consultation of your case with our slip and fall lawyers, call us at 561 777 7700. slip and fall lawyers
