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SLIP RESISTANCE DECREASE
Lysol® Wet Floor Cloths
Pledge® Orange Wood Floor
Xtra PineTM
Swiffer® Wet Disposable Cloths
Mr. Clean® Ultimate Orange
Spic and SpanTM
Lysol® One Step
Lysol® All Purpose
Murphy® Oil Soap
Murphy® Oil Soap Squirt and Mop
Meaning that every time someone cleans their floors with any of these products their floors become more slippery.
However most people do not connect the cause of a slip and fall to the floor or cleaning agent used but rather tend to blame themselves for not looking where they’re walking. But what if the actual cause was that of an inherently slippery flooring material or a slippery film left behind by a floor cleaner?
Most slip and fall victims do not file a lawsuit but rather go about their daily lives but for those who do, proving negligence can be difficult... but that too is changing!
A 2004 Jury Verdict Insurance Information Institute study revealed that tort verdicts have been increasing by 13 percent
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annually and even in tort reform states like Texas jury verdicts have climbed. In 2009, a Dallas County jury awarded a woman $4.4 million for injuries sustained in a DFW area grocery store (Liria Lopez v. Minyard Food Stores, Inc.) making it the largest jury verdict ever awarded in the state of Texas for a slip and fall.
Who knows, maybe the day may soon be near when we see a television ad asking “have you or someone you know been the victim of a slip and fall on any of the following floor coverings?” to which a lengthy list of floor covering manufacturer’s names scroll across the television screen. The question is whose law firm will be the one hosting the ad?
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