If I’m a college student and last year I had a slip and fall in my college’s dining commons and I ended up with a fractured arm, can I sue?
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If I’m a college student and last year I had a slip and fall in my college’s dining commons and I ended up with a fractured arm, can I sue?
It was a rainy and there was no wet floor sign until after I had gotten up off of the floor.
Asked on January 21, 2016 under Personal Injury, Georgia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If it was rainy at the time, there's a good chance you can't sue (or rather: you can always sue, but you probably wouldn't win): a property owner or renter is only responsible for taking reasonable steps to prevent injuries, but is not held to an impossible or perfect standard. If it was wet out and (presumably) lots of students were coming and going, water would keep getting brought in. Public places are not generally required to keep "wet floor" signs up for the water brought in on the shoes of their clients/customers (in this case, students) (usually, they have to put up such warning signs when *they* cause the leaks, like by mopping, or with a leaky pipe) and there may have been no opportunity, if water kept being brought in, to take any meaningful action.
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