If you have a slip and fall in a grocery store, do they have to pay your medial bill and you?

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Ronald A. Steinberg · Answer

No.  You have to prove that they were legally responsible.

David Stoddard · Answer

If the fall was caused by the negligence of store employees, the store is liable for your medical bills, lost wages if any, and pain and suffering.

Steven Kalishman · Answer

If they have medical payments coverage, they will pay your medical bills without regard to fault. If not, they will only pay if you prove they were somehow at fault. If the customer in front of you spilled something, the store is probably is not liable. If it was there for hours, or if the store employees put it there and failed to warn anyone, they could be at fault.

Paul Whitfield · Answer

Falling on my property means nothing. You have to prove that you fell because of my carelessness or negligence and none of your own. Very difficult to prove sometimes.

Thomas Bulman · Answer

Some stores will pay some medical expenses as a measure of goodwill up to a limited amount of $5000.  Some stores will tell you to submit the bills but they never get paid.  Not all falls or slips are the result of store carelessness.  Often times it is a sloppy shopper or a baby who creates the spill moments before the other shopper comes around the corner.

James Kelaher · Answer

Not unless they were negligent......just because it happened in a grocery store does not make them responsible.

Andrew Velonis · Answer

In order to make a claim against a property owner (including stores, parking lots, apartments, etc) the injured party has to show that the owner either created the hazardous condition or else knew or should have known of the hazard, had an opportunity to correct it, and failed to take action. So, you would have to prove what it was that you slipped on and come up with evidence either that the store employees put it there (such as mopping the floor with excessive water) or that it was there for a long enough time that they should have noticed it and cleaned it up. There is another possibility: some business owners have what is called a medical payments provision of a liability insurance policy. Although it is not required, this provision will pay medical expenses up to a certain amount, regardless of fault

Mindy Bish · Answer

Not necessarily.  In order for the grocery store to be responsible you have to show that they failed to inspect and clean the area you fell for such a long time that they should be responsible for the fall or that the employees of the store caused the condition that resulted in your fall.

Edward Flint · Answer

Most stores have a small "medical pay" policy that pays usually no more than about $2,000 of your medical bills without accepting any liability for your injuries. If you are hurt and it was their fault, you need a lawyer now.

Ted Conley · Answer

Yes, if the store was negligent and the negligence caused your injuries.

Linda Weimar · Answer

In order to recover monies for medical bills and other damages, the store must be negligent in some way - meaning something they did or did not do (and should have done) caused you to slip.  Slipping on something in the store does not automatically mean the store is negligent - it depends on many factors, including but not limited to what you slipped on, how long the substance had been on the floor, were there warning signs, etc.

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