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How Does One Prove Fault in a Kansas City Slip and Fall Accident?

After a slip and fall injury, it is perfectly normal to blame your accident on your own carelessness, lack of attention, or clumsiness. However, it is also important to remember that the owners of a property have a legal responsibility to keep their premises safe and obstacle-free for all their visitors. When conditions on a property make an accident or injury likely, the property is negligent in his duty to provide a safe premises.

If you have been injured in a Missouri slip and fall accident that you believe was caused by a negligent building or property owner, you may be wondering how you can prove that party was at fault. When Kansas City slip and fall accident attorneys represent injury victims they consider the following:

1. Was the hazard that caused the injury “open and obvious”? In other words, could the hazard easily be seen by anyone paying a normal amount of attention? The property owner is more likely to be considered at fault if the hazard was not obvious.

2. Was the hazard within the “control and dominion” of the property owner? “Control and dominion” refers to how much influence the property owner had over the dangerous condition.

3. Did the property owner know about the dangerous condition and fail to remedy it? Or, if the property owner did not know of the dangerous condition, should he have known about it?

If the owner is found liable for your Kansas City slip and fall injury, he may owe you compensation for your medical expenses, pain and suffering, and other accident related losses.

If you’d like help determining whether or not you may have a Missouri slip and fall personal injury case, contact the Kansas City personal injury attorneys at Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys at 888-348-2616.

Learn more about the rights of Missouri injury victims; download our free guide: “10 Essential Steps You Must Take To Protect Your Injury Claim.”

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