If you slipped and fell in a store because there was a liquid on the floor that you did not see, do you think the store has to pay your medical bills?
Most people think the store would have to pay the medical bills because the victim was not at fault and they were injured at somebody’s store. This is not necessarily true.
The store would only have to pay your medical bills if they had liability insurance which included medical payment coverage (only to a designated amount) or if the store through it’s employees were at fault under Louisiana’s slip and fall statute La. R.S. ****** which sets forth what you have to prove if you were injured in a slip and fall accident at a store.
The statute sets forth the specific black letter of the law requirements, but the “jurisprudence” or case law interprets the statute. That is why if you were seriously injured in a slip and fall accident you should contact a personal injury attorney for some legal advice because you could be stuck with paying for your medical bills even though you were not at fault!
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
