FORT LAUDERDALE PREMISES LIABILITY AND SLIP & FALL LAWYERS FIGHTING FOR THE INJURED
Premises liability is the body of law that holds owners and occupiers of property legally responsible for accidents and injuries that happen on the property. Under Florida law, the owner or tenant of the property is responsible for keeping the premises safe and free of hazards that can cause an accident. The people who are injured in these cases may be able to recover compensation for their injuries from the possessors or owners of the property where the accident happened.
LEGAL STATUS OF VISITORS
The property owner will generally have some responsibility for any injury received on the property, regardless if the victim is an invitee, licensee or even a trespasser. The Invitee visitor is someone who is invited onto the property for business reasons. This could include visitors to public places, social guests and shoppers. The invitee is the visitor that property owners owe the highest level of safety too. The property owner is responsible for not only keeping the property hazard free but also inspecting it regularly to make sure there are no new hazards like spilled liquid at the supermarket that can cause a slip and fall accident.
Then there is the licensee visitor. This would be a person that visits a property in a way that does not benefit the property owner. A good example of this is someone at the mall who walks through Macy’s only because it is the fastest way to get to where they parked their car.