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Slip and fall accidents

Personal injuries from slip and falls can result from a number of different situations. The most common reasons for falls are defective stairways and ramps, potholes in parking lots, sidewalk deviations, liquid or other foreign substances on floors, and accumulations of snow and ice. Whether the cause of the fall involved negligence depends on numerous factors. Under most states' laws of negligence, the property owner must have had actual knowledge, or constructive knowledge, that the condition existed prior to the fall. Constructive knowledge means that the property owner should have known that the condition existed. Therefore, if a property owner had actual or constructive knowledge that a problem existed and did nothing to correct it, that property owner may be considered negligent should someone be injured on his or her property. For more information on slip and fall accidents, please consult a qualified personal injury lawyer.