Imagine shopping in the King of Prussia mall or Exton Mall and your elderly mother slips and falls and breaks her hip on greasy food that had been building up on the floor over days without being cleaned. 

Accidental slips and falls can occur in numerous ways and in a variety of places, such as: falls in parking lots and outside of businesses and private homes due to: defects on the pavement; snow and ice accumulation; inadequate lighting; holes and depressions on the property; falls in supermarkets and restaurants due to food or drink on the floor; falls on stairs due to: slippery conditions; torn, raised, or worn carpeting; inappropriate stair height, tread widths, and/or step size; inadequate lighting; falls inside businesses and private homes due to; slippery conditions; torn, raised, or worn carpeting; inadequate lighting; obstructions, such as electrical cords.

The scenarios are limitless, and the injuries can be devastating. Falls are responsible for more open wounds, brain injuries, and fractures than any other cause of injury. The most common fall-related injuries are fractures of the hip, spine, and forearm.  Whether a property owner will be legally responsible for a slip and fall injury depends on whether the owner or person in charge knew or should have known about the potentially dangerous condition of the property. The law requires property owners to fix dangerous conditions that exist on their property and do it within a “reasonable” amount of time.  .