Marietta, Georgia Slip and Fall Lawyer

For years, the Marietta slip and fall lawyer here at the Miller Law Practice, LLC has dedicated his legal career to serving accident victims in Cobb County and throughout the state of Georgia. Contact our firm today to learn more about slip and fall accidents and how we can help you win your rightful compensation if you have been wrongfully injured in one.

Marietta, GA Slip and Fall Lawyer: No Win, No Fee

Property owners who fail to uphold their legal obligation to keep their premises safe should be held accountable, especially when their negligence resulted in a serious injury. Our Georgia personal injury lawyer is on your side. When you retain the services of Miller Law Practice, LLC, you can feel confident that your accident case is in good hands, as we operate on a contingency fee basis. Simply put, this means that if we don’t win you compensation, you don’t owe us a dime.

Common Places Where Slip and Fall Accidents Occur

Some of the most common places where slip and fall accidents occur here in Georgia are as follows:

• Sidewalks & Parking Lots: Oftentimes, slip and fall accidents will occur on sidewalks or in parking lots due to poor conditions, such as potholes, uneven pavement, and more. In other cases, these accidents are the result of standing water, debris left unmoved, and more.
• Supermarkets & Retail Stores: Supermarket and retail store management/staff are responsible for ensuring their premises are safe for shoppers. When they fail to do so, serious accidents can occur as a result. Some of the most common causes of supermarket/retail store accidents include poorly-placed floor mats, spills left unattended, merchandise falling from shelves, and more.
• Unsafe Apartment Buildings: Landlords are legally obligated to ensure that their premises are safe before renting them out to prospective tenants. When they don’t and a tenant is injured, that person may have a valid premises liability claim. Some of the most frequent causes of apartment building accidents include unsafe stairwells, the failure to install smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, unsafe living conditions (disturbed asbestos, unclean tap water, etc.), unsafe apartment complex playgrounds and recreational grounds, and more.

Keep in mind that these are just some of the most common places where slip and fall accidents can occur, and that serious slip or trip and fall accidents can happen virtually anyplace, anywhere, and if you were injured in one, our firm is here to help.

Proving a Premises Liability Claim

To prove a premises liability claim, you and your Marietta slip and fall lawyer will have to gather and present sufficient evidence to prove that:

• The property owner knew or should have reasonably known about the unsafe property condition.
• The property owner failed to take action to fix the unsafe property condition timely.
• You were injured as a direct result of the failure to resolve the safety hazard.
• You sustained damages as a result of your injury.

Proving the Property Owner’s Superior Knowledge

Georgia slip and fall cases are won and lost on a single question, and it is not whether you were hurt. Under O.C.G.A. § 51-3-1, a property owner must exercise ordinary care to keep the premises and the approaches safe. But Georgia courts have long held that an owner is not an insurer of your safety. To recover, you must show the owner had superior knowledge of the hazard — that they knew about it, and you did not.

Actual vs. Constructive Knowledge

Actual knowledge means someone reported the spill, or an employee walked past it. Constructive knowledge is the more common route: proof that the hazard sat there long enough that a reasonably careful owner conducting reasonable inspections would have found and removed it. This is why maintenance logs, inspection schedules, prior incident reports, and surveillance footage matter so much, and why they need to be preserved before they are overwritten or discarded.

The “Open and Obvious” Defense

Expect the property owner to argue that the danger was plain to see and that your knowledge of it equaled or exceeded theirs. If they succeed, your claim can be defeated outright — not merely reduced. This defense is the single most common basis for summary judgment in Georgia premises cases, and defeating it takes evidence, not argument. Our firm builds that record from day one.

Statute of Limitations

The statute of limitations for premises liability claims in Georgia is, generally, two years, giving you two years from the date of your accident to take legal action against the liable party. That being said, if you were injured on property owned by the government or a municipality, you may have to file a Notice of Claim far sooner — within six months for a claim against a city such as Marietta or Smyrna under O.C.G.A. § 36-33-5, or within 12 months for a claim against a county or the State of Georgia. If you’ve been hurt on someone else’s property, the time to act is now, and we are here to help.

Contact Our Marietta, GA Slip and Fall Lawyer

If you’ve been injured as a result of a negligent property owner, do not delay–our Cobb County slip and fall lawyer is ready to fight, tooth-and-nail, for the compensation you deserve. Contact the Miller Law Practice, LLC today to schedule your initial consultation with our firm.