{"id":113,"date":"2016-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/premises-liability-litigation-and-the-need-for-experienced-legal-counsel-p3\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:34:02","slug":"premises-liability-litigation-and-the-need-for-experienced-legal-counsel-p3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/premises-liability-litigation-and-the-need-for-experienced-legal-counsel-p3\/","title":{"rendered":"Premises liability litigation and the need for experienced legal counsel, P.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is our fourth post in a series dealing with the topic of premises liability. We\u2019ve already looked briefly at premises liability claims in general, as well as the issues of comparative negligence and assumption of risk in the context of premises liability.<\/p>\n<p>So called \u201cslip and fall\u201d cases are among the most common types of premises liability claims. Case law in New York has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uslaw.org\/files\/Compendiums2014\/Retail\/New%20York_Retail_Compendium_of_Law_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">established<\/a> several viable defenses for property owners faced with potential premises liability in slip and fall cases. First of all, a plaintiff must be able to prove the existence of a dangerous or defective condition on the property which led to his or her injury. A plaintiff who cannot who cannot provide sufficient evidence to establish such a condition may not hold the property owner liable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not only must there have been a defective condition on the property, but the defect must a certain character to it. Two important defenses deal with the nature of the defect. First of all, the defect must not have been trivial. What exactly constitutes trivial is a matter for a jury to decide, and there are factors that are supposed to be taken into account. The basic idea, though, is that not every technically defective condition is sufficient to give rise to a claim of negligence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/premises-liability-litigation-and-the-need-for-experienced-legal-counsel-p3\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Premises liability litigation and the need for experienced legal counsel, P.3\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is our fourth post in a series dealing with the topic of premises liability. We\u2019ve already looked briefly at premises liability claims in general, as well as the issues of comparative negligence and assumption of risk in the context of premises liability. 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