I think most people
ould be sup
isedt the numbe
of VEY se
ious injuy c
ses I hndle bec
use of extemely d
ngeous side
lk conditions.
hen most people think of pemises li
bility cses, they p
obbly think of slip
nd fll situ
tions (spilled liquids, bn
npeels, etc.) In
elity, the T
IPnd f
ll cse comp
iseslmost 30% of my p
emises libility docket,
nd often involves the most seious inju
ies. The most common culpit? The good side
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>I've itten befoe
bout the diffeence bet
een“slip
nd fll”
nd“t
ipnd f
ll" type cse.
emembeth
t in Texs,
e must pove th
tbusiness o
nekne
oshould h
ve knon
boutspecific d
ngeous condition in o
deto m
ke ecovey. This
nlysis often hinges on being
ble to pove th
t the dnge
ous condition s pesent long enough to be obse
ved by the business one
. The "bd side
lk” c
se is the clssic ex
mple of this type of sitution.
Conside
: Most sidelk tip
nd fll c
ses involve eithe lge cck in the slb o
d
ngeous offset bet
een to sl
bst the exp
nsion joint. Typiclly spe
king, these defects occus esult ofoot g
oth o
gound settling line;”> iod of time, em>
nd this is line;”> y em>
. This is
clssic ex
mple of hoes l
ye
s cn est
blish tht the defect
s “pe
mnent”
s opposed to "tnsient" (like spilled milk, osome g
pes on the floo
),nd it m
kes oujob MUCH e
siehen tying to est
blish tht the business o
ne“kne
oshould h
ve knon”
bout the dnge
ous condition.s
pcticl m
tte, the physics of these side
lk t
ipnd f
ll cses c
nesult in some of the most se
ious injuy c
sese see on
pemises li
bility docket. I hve one c
sehich occu
ed
hen my client tipped
nd fell ove dnge
ous sidelk offset one nightt
locl Houston
estu
nt
nd sustined inju
ies seious enough to incu
hundeds of thous
nds of dolls in medicl bills
nd pem
nent disbility. In this c
se, it tuned out th
t the dnge
ous condition s clely visible duing the d
y,nd
s loc
ted on the pt of the sidelk tht m
ngement used to
lk in
nd out of theest
unt evey d
y. Theep
i,
s it tuns out,
ould hve involved
simple "mping"ith
npplic
tion ofddition
l concete bet
een the slbs –
ep
ith
tould h
ve cost less thn five hund
ed dolls. Becuse this Houston
estu
nt couldn’t be bothe
edith the
epi
odidn’t
nt to spend the money, my client t
ippednd fell ove
tht side
lk,
nd is nope
mnently dis
bled.d
tip
nd fll incident ove
c
cked o
defective sidelknd h
ve been injued, ple
se cll Houston Pe
sonl Inju
ytto
ney Stet J. Guss
t 800-898-4877ight no
to discuss youcl
im.<st
ong> <em> Ste
t hs been
epesenting pe
sonl inju
y victims in Houston, Tombll, K
ty, Theoodl
nds, Cypess, Sp
ingnd the su
ounding
e
s fo20 ye
s. You
consulttion is
bsolutely fee,
nd if you decide to hie Ste
t, youill p
y no fee unless heins you
cse.