Personal Injury — All 254 Texas Counties
Texas Slip and Fall Lawyers — Premises Liability Claims
Property owners in Texas owe a duty to keep their premises reasonably safe for visitors. When a dangerous condition — wet floor, broken step, inadequate lighting, icy pavement — causes your injury, the property owner may be liable. No fee unless we recover for you.
Texas Premises Liability Law — What Property Owners Owe You
Under Texas common law and Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Chapter 75, the duty a property owner owes depends on your status as a visitor:
Invitee: If you were on the property for a business purpose (customer in a store, visitor to an office) or by public invitation, the property owner owes you the highest duty — to exercise reasonable care to inspect and make safe, or warn of known dangerous conditions.
Licensee: If you were a social guest or someone permitted on the property for your own purposes, the property owner owes a duty to warn of known dangers that you would not reasonably discover.
Trespasser: Property owners generally owe no duty to trespassers except to refrain from willful injury. Children are a special case — the 'attractive nuisance' doctrine applies to conditions that attract children who may not appreciate the danger.
To win a slip-and-fall case in Texas: You must show (1) a condition on the premises posed an unreasonable risk of harm, (2) the owner knew or should have known about the condition, (3) the owner failed to exercise reasonable care, and (4) that failure caused your injuries.
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §75.002 — Premises liability — duty of care standard
Common Texas Slip and Fall Scenarios
Texas Defense Team handles premises liability claims across all property types:
• Wet floors without warning signs in retail stores and restaurants
• Broken or uneven pavement in parking lots
• Defective stairs or handrails in apartment buildings and commercial properties
• Inadequate lighting in parking garages and stairwells
• Ice or snow accumulation not promptly cleared on commercial property
• Dog bites and animal attacks on another's property
• Swimming pool accidents on inadequately fenced properties
• Construction site hazards accessible to the public
In each case, we investigate the history of the hazard — maintenance records, prior incident reports, prior complaints — to establish that the property owner knew or should have known about the dangerous condition.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to prove to win a Texas slip and fall case?+
You must prove: (1) a dangerous condition existed on the property, (2) the property owner knew or should have known about it, (3) the owner failed to fix it or warn you, and (4) this failure caused your injuries. The 'known or should have known' element is often disputed — we build this proof through maintenance logs, employee training records, surveillance footage, and prior incident reports.
The business says I was not paying attention — does that hurt my case?+
It may affect the percentage of fault attributed to you. Under Texas comparative fault, if you are partially at fault (for example, distracted while walking), your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault. As long as you are not more than 50% at fault, you can still recover. Texas Defense Team fights to accurately assign fault and maximize your recovery.