The term slip and fall you hear about too often. What a slip and fall is, is a tort in United States law. A tort is a civil wrong committed against a person. The basis of the claim would be that a homeowner or storeowner was negligent in knowingly or unknowingly allowing potentially dangerous situations that causes someone to slip and fall or trip and fall.

People who own properties are the first defendants against the slip and fall. There are two lines of defense against the slip and fall. Property owners should be aware of what negligence is and what can happen with the slip and fall.

Anyone who is the property owner, their first line of defense is that they were not negligent. Which is the first thing someone always says when this type of situation arises. No one admits to any wrong doing hardly ever.

In the case of homeowners, 9 times out of 10 the slip and fall occurs because the homeowner did not take the proper precaution in keeping their property safe from any foreseeable danger. If you take the proper precautions in keeping your property safe, then you could be protected under the law. The way to do that is, if you are a landlord or just a homeowner, do what you can to make your property safe.

The same thing is said of storeowners, keep your store clean and keep on top of any spills that happen. A store owner will say, they did not know about the jar of applesauce that fell because the customer who dropped it did not say anything before someone fell in it. Taking the proper precautions is your first line of protections.