On Halloween, you can expect small children to go door-to-door for trick-or-treating. With this, you should prepare your property for visitors or take the proper measures to prevent outsiders from setting foot on your premises. Without further introduction, please continue reading to learn how to keep your premises safe on Halloween and how an experienced Tampa slip and fall lawyer at Merricks Law Group, P.A., can guide you on how to avoid any major accidents from happening.
What are some tips to keep my premises safe on Halloween?
Ahead of the Halloween festivities, it is in your best interest to survey your premises for any potentially hazardous conditions. If you identify a hazard, you should promptly repair it or, at the very least, block off its accessibility from anticipated visitors and passersby. A fix may be as simple as removing an electrical wire from the walking path, or more comprehensive, like tightening a loose handrail or replacing a missing step on your front stairway.
After all, this is the duty of care you must uphold as a property owner. And if a welcomed visitor happens to slip and fall due to an unavoidable danger, and get injured as a result, they may pin you with a personal injury claim. If you are found to be at fault and negligent in maintaining your premises, you may be on the hook for paying for the plaintiff’s claimed medical bills, lost wages, personal property damages, and other incurred damages.
What if I do not want visitors on my property on Halloween?
Understandably, you may not want the risk of having Halloween visitors enter onto your premises. Or, you may have spotted a serious, complex hazard that cannot be properly addressed within such a short timeframe. Under these circumstances, you may be proactive and block off your property from visitors and passersby. This may be accomplished by closing and locking the gates surrounding the perimeter of your property, if you have this physical barrier. Or, posting “No Trespassing” signs at the front of your property.
This way, if someone pursues a slip and fall accident claim against you, you may strongly defend yourself. That is, you may have tangible evidence that you took reasonable measures to deter the plaintiff from setting foot onto your premises. In other words, they were not a welcome visitor. Further, the plaintiff should have been reasonably aware of the potentially hazardous condition on your property, but was ultimately careless in avoiding it.
If this blog has deeply resonated with your personal situation and concerns thus far, please reach out to a skilled Pasco County personal injury lawyer for more information. The team at Merricks Law Group, P.A., will be glad to represent you in your upcoming legal case.
