If there is no wet floor sign posted by a spill, you may unexpectedly slip and fall. This abrupt stumble may cause you serious injury to your head, back, or otherwise. In this event, you should not sit idly by and suffer in silence. Rather, you should exert your right to sue the responsible party via a slip and fall accident claim. Continue reading to learn your legal rights upon encountering a wet floor and how an experienced Toronto slip and fall lawyer at Merricks Law Group, P.A. can help you exercise them.
Under what circumstances might I encounter a hazardous wet floor?
It is sad but true to say that you must proceed with caution whenever you enter another party’s premises. This is because you never know what hazardous conditions might be lying in every corner, such as a wet floor. The below names certain circumstances in which you might encounter a wet floor:
- You may encounter a wet or icy parking lot, sidewalk, or stairway.
- You may encounter a spilled liquid in the aisle of a supermarket.
- You may encounter a spilled liquid in the housekeeping or janitorial area of a hotel.
- You may encounter a freshly mopped floor in the walkway of a retail store.
- You may encounter a wet floor from leaks in the bathroom of an airport.
- You may encounter a wet floor from leaks in the water fountain area of a gym.
What are my legal rights if I slip and fall on a wet floor?
Simply put, you may have the legal right to sue the negligent owner of the premises in which you slipped and fell on a wet floor. But importantly, you may only have a valid slip and fall accident claim if you can prove the following circumstances as fact:
- You must prove that you were a welcomed visitor on the owner’s premises.
- You must prove that the owner breached their duty of care by failing to clear or block off the wet floor before you arrived on the premises.
- You must prove that the owner breached their duty of care by failing to post warnings of the wet floor before you arrived on the premises.
- You must prove that there was no safe way in which you could have possibly avoided your encounter with the wet floor.
- You must prove that you incurred serious injuries and damages as a direct result of your encounter with the wet floor.
- You must prove that you have suffered serious economic and non-economic damages as a direct result of your injuries and damages.
Your best chances at having a successful slip and fall accident claim start with retaining the services of a skilled Ontario personal injury lawyer. So please contact Merricks Law Group, P.A. today.
