Augusta GA land owner injury attorneys

Augusta GA land owner injury attorneys

Liability of property owners in Columbia County Georgia

Landowners, especially those that invite the public onto their property, have an obligation under the law to use reasonable care to prevent or treat slippery surfaces. Landlords generally have an obligation to repair common areas in apartment complexes. Keep in mind that merely because the landlord has a duty to repair the slippery surface, you as a resident can not ignore your own obligation to use caution. The landlords efforts should only be reasonable under the circumstances but not necessarily perfect. Therefore plowing, shoveling and sand/salt spreading may have small gaps which are still hazards, but does not necessarily result in negligence under the law. Reasonable also means that the landlord should have notice of the slippery conditions, and time to deal with them. Simply because the landlord wasnt out spreading sand with the first few minutes of the first snowflakes, it will not necessarily mean he was negligent. The same basic rules are applicable for owners of stores and businesses. Preventing slip and fall incidents typically needs proper precautions to be taken by both the landowner and the user.

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