When does a slip and fall qualify for compensation?

Accident Report. On June 25, 2021, around 11:00 AM, I drove north on Pansy Dr and stopped at 3571 Pansy Dr. in Calabasas, CA, to take an open house sign from the trunk of my car and places it in front of the house before parking my care. As I was walking towards the house, I tripped over a manhole in the middle of the street which was extending few inches above street level. I had great pain and could not move, my client, ex-husband, brought an office chair and sat me on it, and rolled me inside the house. I sat at the front entry with little discomfort, but I could not stand up or move to his car to go to a hospital emergency room and seek help. We were forced to call 911, they drove me to the West Hills hospital, the nearest healthcare facility. Upon arrival, few x-rays showed I had a broken hip. Next night, on May 26 at 6:30 PM, I was taken to the surgery room and my right hip was replaced. Thank you. Contact information: Farzaneh Shirloo Profession: Real Estate age

Unfortunately, simply being involved in a slip and fall accident–even if it occurs on another’s property–does not entitle you to compensation. Instead, in order to recover compensation under the premises liability theory, you’ll need to prove that the property owner breached the duty of care owed to you. A property owner has a duty to: -Maintain a property in a reasonably safe and hazard-free condition; and -Repair any known hazards on the property within a reasonable amount of time. Based on this duty, a property owner can be held liable for injuries resulting from a slip and fall accident when: -The property owner knew or should have known about a hazard on the property; and -The property owner failed to remedy it within a reasonable amount of time.