Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 10:04
I think I might have a slip and fall case. Recently I fell after slipping in a puddle caused by some kind of food spill at the supermarket. Maybe it was pickles. The thing is I didn't really get hurt or anything. Can I still sue for damages under ma law? It was kind of embarrassing.
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Editor's Response
There are at least two issues here. First, by your own admission, you don't have any damages. How can you sue for damages when you did not suffer any injury? This is a common misconception about personal injury law, that somehow a person can collect damages merely because some unfortunate event occurred. I could be wrong, but I don't think being a bit embarrassed is going to do it.
Second, even if you had suffered injury and sustained damages, any person who sues, slip and fall or any other theory of negligence liability (as opposed to strict liability), must show that the defendant was somehow negligent. Without that showing of negligence, there will be no damages awarded. In a nutshell, that means that the injured party has to show that the defendant breached a duty owed to the injured party, perhaps by ignoring some foreseeable risk of injury. So, for example, if the store employees knew of the spill, but did not clean it up, and ten minutes later you came along and slipped in the puddle, then you have a good shot at proving negligence. For more information about personal injury law in general or to post a question, visit our MA Personal Injury Discussion Forum.