Aptos, CA Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

In Florida, merely because you fell in a grocery store does not make them liable; in order to prevail in a claim against the store, the store (through its employees) has to be negligent. In other words, simply because there is milk on the floor does not make them liable. The milk could have been spilled by another patron just a few minutes before you slipped and fell in it, and in that case, what could the store have done to prevent it? If you can prove that the milk had been down on the floor for a long period of time (i.e., cart tracks through the milk) then you can argue that the store employees should have noticed it and cleaned it up. If you can't prove how long the milk had been on the floor, or that it was a store employee who spilled the milk, then you probably will not be able to make a recovery. The extent of the injuries are not dispositive of whether you can prevail in making a claim, just what the claim is worth if you can prove the store or its employees were negligent.