Find a Slip and Fall Lawyer in Florida

Property owners in Florida have a legal duty to keep their premises reasonably safe. When they fail and you are hurt in a fall, you may have a premises-liability claim for your injuries.

Where falls happen

• Grocery stores and retail spills
• Restaurants and wet floors
• Apartment stairwells and poor lighting
• Parking lots, uneven pavement, and hidden hazards

Proving a Florida slip-and-fall claim

For transitory substances (like a spill) on a business floor, Florida law requires showing the business knew or should have known about the hazard and failed to fix it. Evidence disappears fast — incident reports, surveillance video, and witness names matter enormously.

A two-year deadline applies to most negligence claims on or after March 24, 2023, and comparative negligence can affect recovery.

What to do after a fall

1. Report the fall to the manager and get a written incident report.
2. Photograph the hazard and your injuries immediately.
3. Get names of witnesses and ask if there is video.
4. See a doctor the same day.
5. Call us before the property's insurer contacts you.

How we build these cases

We move fast to preserve surveillance footage and maintenance records, document the hazard, and connect your injuries to the fall. We know the defenses stores use and how to overcome them.