Slip and fall claims in Florida

A business spill is not a car crash

Section 768.0755 applies when someone slips on a transitory foreign substance in a business establishment. The person bringing the claim generally must prove the business had actual or constructive knowledge of the condition. A spill in a store aisle is the usual example. A fall on a broken step or a dark walkway can raise a different premises question, and this page does not turn every fall into that one statute.

PIP from an auto policy is not assumed. A store fall is not a car crash unless a vehicle was involved. In the form, choose Slip & Fall and say where you fell, what was on the floor, and whether anyone wrote an incident report.

What to keep

Photograph the floor, your shoes, and any warning sign before they are cleaned up. Ask for the incident report and keep the name of the person who took it. Get medical care even if the pain shows up the next day.

Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersburg, and Fort Myers are linked because people fall in stores and on walkways there. This page does not name a slip-and-fall corridor. A premises claim is not a highway study.

The car-lawsuit article describes the general negligence window many premises claims now face. It is not a deadline calculator. A notice period for a government property is a separate question this page does not answer.