Hundreds of thousands of peoples are inured every year as the of result of a slip and fall or trip and fall accident. If you slipped and fell because of a dangerous condition on the property of another you might be entitled to seek damages from that person and their insurance company. In Louisiana, there are specific laws that pertain to whether you have a cause of action against a party for a slip and fall. If there is a dangerous condition on someone’s else’s property, that person has to have known about the condition, or should have known about the condition and failed to do anything to correct the condition. Things used to prove the person knew or should have known of the condition the length of time the condition existed, the fact condition was seen by the owner or his agent, or the fact that they did something to create the condition. The defenses to a slip and fall case are that the victim was not careful enough, that they did not see something what was “open and obvious”, that victim didn’t see a warning that should have been seen.

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