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Old 10-20-2015, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
Types of Slip and Fall Injury Claims Covered by Homeowner's Insurance - AllLaw.com

This might help out.

I am trained as a law librarian not really as an attorney. I am not licensed to practice law in Florida in other words.

https://www.edgarsnyder.com/slip-and...liability.html This is a PA attorney's page. There should be a lot of Florida attorneys who practice in tort law who have similar web-sites. I do not know anything about this FL firm, just using it as an example-- Proving Fault in a Florida Slip-and-Fall Case | Injury Blog

You can go onto the Sumter County Property Appraiser web-site or whatever county here in the Villages this is and get homeowner information if you know the address or even the vicinity of the address to type into the Search feature. Sumter County Property Appraiser
From your link:

"Slip-and-falls are accidents that occur when an individual loses their footing, falls and is injured on someone else’s property. Typically the injured individual can pursue compensation if they were harmed due to the property owner’s negligence.

There are generally three types of slip-and-fall accidents that can occur.
1.Slip-and-fall: slipping on something slippery, such as water, resulting in a fall
2.Trip-and-fall: tripping over an object or uneven ground that should not have been in the way
3.Step-and-fall: falling due to sudden drop or hole in the person’s path

Under Florida State premises liability law, it is up to the property owner, business or landowner to keep their property in a reasonably safe condition. When damage occurs on their property, it is up to them to fix issues in a timely manner. Should they choose not to fix these problems, this is considered negligence and can make the owner liable for any injuries that occur due to these issues. "

So it appears that just sustaining an injury on another's property is probably not actionable unless negligence can be proven