Slip & fall IN THE HOSP visiting a patient, 2 of there own docs witnessed the fall.they took me to xray and ER billing me $1700

The law of Florida regarding slip and falls requires the owner or operator of a premises to use reasonable care to protect people invited on the premises from dangerous conditions of which they may have knowledge. It requires them to take reasonable care to eliminate known dangers by excluding visitors from the area or warning them of the danger.

Florida Statute states "the person or entity in possession or control of the business premises owes a duty of reasonable care to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition for the safety of business invitee on the premises, which includes reasonable efforts to keep the premises free from transitory foreign objects or substances that might forseeably give rise to loss, injury or damage". The statute further states that in any civil action for negligence involving an injury caused by a slip and fall incident on a business premises, the injured party shall have the burden of proving a number of facts including, but not limited to, proving that "the person or entity in possession or control of the business premises acted negligently by failing to exercise reasonable care and maintenance, inspection, repair, warning, or mode of operation of the business premises.

If you feel the hospital is liable for your injuries, you should contact a local attorney to discuss the issue.


Ed Spinks
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Tampa, FL 33606
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