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Loose or Broken Floors, Sidewalks, Steps, or Stairs Accidents

Michael Agruss

Written and Reviewed by Michael Agruss

  • Managing Partner and Personal Injury Lawyer at Mike Agruss Law.
  • Over 20 years of experience in Personal Injury.
  • Over 8000+ consumer rights cases settled.
  • Graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law: Juris Doctor, 2004.

It is the responsibility of a property owner to make sure that their property is safe and any potential hazardous risks are mitigated, by whatever means necessary. Loose or broken floors, sidewalks, steps, or stair accidents can be one of these hazardous risks. One trip from these can leave a person severely injured. If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident from loose or broken floors, sidewalks, steps, or stair accidents, contact our attorneys to discuss if you have a valid case for negligence and can recover damages.

Loose or broken floors are often from tile flooring, but it can originate from any type of flooring. This can cause part of the floor to be more elevated than others, which can force you to trip and fall. The same goes for loose or broken sidewalks, steps, and stairs. Broken steps or stairs would likely be much more to cause worse injury since there may be an additional height that you are falling from, which increases the impact. Broken sidewalks can also cause worse damage since it is hard concrete that one would fall onto. An accident like any of the aforementioned can cause cuts, scrapes, bruising, internal bleeding, concussions, traumatic brain injury, and broken or fractured bones.

Premises liability laws build on the idea that property owners and businesses have a duty to keep those who step on their property safe from harm. When they fail to uphold this duty and someone gets hurt from the broken or loose flooring on their property, they may be liable for negligence. In addition to showing that they owed you this duty of care and their breach of duty, you must also prove that they directly caused your injury and that you did suffer actual damages. If you can prove four of these elements of negligence, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.

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