Falling in a Store in NC: Don’t get too excited

This is a topic I’ve addressed in video format, but it’s worth doing in the blog, too. If you want to see the video, go here:

https://www.jeffreyhowardlaw.com/newsite2025/category/video-library/slip-fall-injuries/

Just because you fall in a store, especially in North Carolina, doesn’t mean you have a good premises liability claim.

First, you have to prove negligence on the part of the people in control of the store.  You must show that there was a dangerous condition and that they were aware of it and failed to warn you of it, or by the exercise of reasonable care should have been aware of it and warned you of it. That’s no easy feat.

Second, since we’re a contributory negligence state, as you strive to prove the above, you’re working to prove their negligence argument against you; in other words, if the dangerous condition was so darn obvious, you should have noticed it and stayed away from it.

That’s a little over-simplified, but that’s what we do in blogs so as to leave you guessing and make you call us.  Or you just jump to the next article.

In a nutshell, slip and fall cases are hard.  They are next to impossible in North Carolina, but I have had some success with them, so don’t give up hope.  Call me if you think you need help!

919-929-2992