Hollywood Premises Liability Lawyer

Premises Liability Attorneys in Hollywood, FL with Proven Trial Experience

$1.6 Million Motor-Vehicle Jury Verdict | 25+ Years in Practice | Former Insurance-Defense Attorney

Before representing injured plaintiffs, Dan spent approximately six years representing insurance companies and defendants in civil litigation. With more than 25 years in practice, he understands how premises liability claims are investigated and defended, including disputes over property control, notice, warnings, comparative fault, medical causation, and damages. Dan personally handles each accepted case from investigation through settlement or trial.

What Is Premises Liability in Florida?

Premises liability is the area of Florida negligence law that addresses when a person or business responsible for property may be liable for injuries caused by dangerous conditions or inadequate property safety. It is broader than slip-and-fall law and can include trip-and-fall accidents, unsafe stairs and walkways, falling merchandise, negligent security, inadequate maintenance, structural hazards, and other dangerous property conditions.

Liability may depend on who owned, occupied, possessed, maintained, or controlled the accident location; what duty was owed to the injured person; whether the condition was unreasonably dangerous; whether the responsible party created, knew about, or should have known about the condition; and whether that condition caused the injury.

The legal analysis depends on the type of property and hazard. A supermarket customer who slips on spilled liquid may face different notice requirements from a condominium resident injured by a defective common-area stairway. A negligent-security claim presents different issues from an injury caused by falling merchandise. The common question is whether a person or business responsible for the property failed to use reasonable care under the circumstances.​​

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Who Can Be Responsible for an Unsafe Property Condition?

The property owner is not necessarily the only responsible party. Premises liability often depends on who controlled the accident location and who was responsible for inspection, maintenance, repairs, warnings, or security.

A commercial tenant may control conditions inside a store or restaurant while an owner or management company is responsible for a parking lot or common walkway. At a condominium, responsibility for common stairs, elevators, entrances, and other shared areas may differ from responsibility for conditions inside an individual unit.

Determining responsibility may require examining leases, management agreements, maintenance and security contracts, condominium documents, work orders, repair records, and the parties’ actual practices.

Where Do Premises Liability Claims Arise in Hollywood?

Premises liability claims in Hollywood can arise at hotels and resorts, condominiums and apartments, supermarkets and retail stores, restaurants and bars, shopping centers, office and medical buildings, parking lots and garages, entertainment venues, and other properties.

Hollywood’s beachfront hospitality properties, condominium communities, Downtown Hollywood businesses, shopping areas, and residential developments can make control of the accident location important. Responsibility may differ between a tenant’s interior space, common walkway, parking area, association-controlled common area, or adjoining public property. The location alone does not establish negligence; liability depends on the dangerous condition, responsible parties, applicable duty, notice when required, causation, and evidence.

Evidence in a Florida Premises Liability Claim

Premises liability cases often depend on evidence showing the dangerous condition, who controlled or was responsible for the area, whether anyone knew or should have known about the condition, and how it caused the injury.

Evidence may include photographs, surveillance footage, incident reports, witness statements, inspection records, maintenance logs, work orders, repair records, prior complaints, and similar incidents. Leases, management agreements, condominium documents, maintenance contracts, and security agreements may help establish responsibility. Measurements, building plans, permits, code provisions, and expert analysis may help document physical property defects.

Evidence can disappear or change. Surveillance video may be overwritten, dangerous conditions repaired, merchandise moved, and maintenance practices changed. Prompt investigation and appropriate preservation requests can therefore be important.

What Should You Do After an Injury on Someone Else's Property?

If you are injured because of a dangerous condition on someone else’s property, the steps taken afterward can help protect your health and important evidence.

1. Report the incident. Notify the property owner, manager, business, landlord, or other person responsible for the property and ask that the incident be documented.

2. Document the condition. Photograph or record the dangerous condition, surrounding area, warnings or lack of warnings, and precise accident location if possible.

3. Identify witnesses. Obtain contact information for anyone who saw the incident, observed the condition beforehand, or knows about prior problems.

4. Seek appropriate medical care. Prompt evaluation can address your injuries and document their relationship to the incident.

5. Preserve evidence early. Surveillance footage, maintenance records, incident reports, work orders, and other evidence may be lost or overwritten.

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Injury Cases We Handle in Hollywood

Daniel B Reinfeld, PA represents clients in serious accident and injury matters arising throughout Hollywood and surrounding Broward County communities. Cases accepted by the firm may include the following:

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Slip-and-Fall and Premises-Liability Claims

Florida premises-liability cases can turn on notice, maintenance practices, inspection records, surveillance video, incident reports, and whether a dangerous condition was reasonably discoverable. The firm investigates both liability and the medical evidence connecting the incident to the claimed injuries.

Florida premises-liability cases can turn on notice, maintenance practices, inspection records, surveillance video, incident reports, and whether a dangerous condition was reasonably discoverable. Daniel B Reinfeld, PA investigates both liability and the medical evidence connecting the incident to the claimed injuries, including whether the property owner, tenant, manager, maintenance contractor, or another party controlled the area where the fall occurred.

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Trip-and-Fall and Sidewalk, and Parking-Lot Accidents

Trip-and-fall claims may involve raised pavement, broken sidewalks, uneven pavers, potholes, dangerous thresholds, wheel stops, drainage defects, torn carpeting, exposed cords, inadequate lighting, or unexpected changes in elevation. Liability may depend on the condition’s location and visibility, how long it existed, prior complaints, repair history, applicable building or accessibility standards, and which party controlled the area. Potential defendants include property owners, commercial tenants, associations, property managers, paving contractors, landscapers, maintenance companies, and governmental entities and practical danger must be evaluated together.

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Supermarket Accidents

Supermarket injuries frequently involve dropped produce, refrigeration leaks, floral-department water, leaking containers, recently cleaned floors, entranceway rainwater, loose mats, and merchandise obstructing an aisle. These claims often depend on surveillance footage, inspection logs, employee testimony, the appearance and condition of the substance, and whether the hazard existed long enough—or occurred regularly enough—for the supermarket to discover and correct it.

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Big-Box and Retail-Store Accidents

Big-box and retail-store claims extend beyond ordinary spills and can involve unstable displays, overhead merchandise, pallets, carts, lumber, building materials, forklifts, loading areas, garden-center water, and customer pathways obstructed by store operations. The investigation should distinguish between a condition created by store employees or contractors and a hazard requiring proof of actual or constructive notice. Store policies, employee assignments, video, photographs, and preservation of the involved merchandise can become critical evidence.

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Falling-Merchandise Accidents

Boxes, lumber, tile, appliances, signs, shelves, and other merchandise can cause serious injuries when improperly stacked, displayed, secured, or retrieved. A falling-object claim may focus on stocking procedures, shelf capacity, employee conduct, display design, prior incidents, and whether customers were encouraged to remove heavy or elevated merchandise without assistance. Preserving video and identifying the precise product and display configuration should occur as quickly as possible.

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Stairway Accidents

Stairway falls may result from unequal risers, inadequate tread depth, loose nosings, missing or defective handrails, slippery surfaces, inadequate lighting, or an unexpected step that is difficult to perceive. These cases can require detailed measurements, photographs, code research, architectural review, and an evaluation of whether the stairway was constructed, altered, and maintained safely. The medical investigation must also distinguish injuries caused by the fall from preexisting conditions.

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Elevator and Escalator Accidents

Elevator and escalator injuries may result from misleveling, abrupt movement, defective doors, entrapment, unsafe gaps, broken steps, handrail problems, or inadequate inspection and maintenance. Potential defendants include the property owner, property manager, maintenance contractor, installer, and equipment manufacturer. Inspection certificates, service records, prior complaints, fault codes, surveillance video, and expert examination of the equipment may be essential to determining what failed and why.

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Pool, Drowning, and Recreational Accidents

Swimming pools, playgrounds, gyms, trampoline parks, and other recreational areas present risks involving inadequate barriers, defective equipment, unsafe surfaces, poor maintenance, missing warnings, and negligent supervision. Pool and drowning cases may additionally involve gates, alarms, visibility, water clarity, drain safety, lifesaving equipment, and compliance with applicable safety requirements. These incidents require prompt preservation of the property’s condition, video, inspection records, and witness accounts.

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Structural-Failure Claims

Structural-failure cases include collapsing balconies, defective railings, falling ceilings, façade debris, failed stairs, roof components, and other building elements that break or detach. The responsible parties may include an owner, association, property manager, contractor, engineer, architect, maintenance provider, or product manufacturer. Building plans, permits, inspection reports, repair history, photographs, preserved components, and engineering analysis can be central to proving causation.

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Defective-Product Claims

A product may cause injury because it was defectively designed, improperly manufactured, or sold without adequate instructions or warnings. Potential claims can involve tools, appliances, ladders, furniture, machinery, batteries, safety equipment, and other consumer or commercial products. The product should be preserved in its post-incident condition, along with its packaging, warnings, receipt, model and serial numbers, maintenance history, and information identifying the manufacturer and seller.

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Workplace Third-Party Claims

An employee injured at work may have rights beyond workers’ compensation when someone other than the employer or a protected coworker contributed to the incident. Possible third-party defendants include property owners, general contractors, subcontractors, equipment manufacturers, maintenance companies, vendors, and other businesses at the site. A third-party claim can potentially provide damages unavailable through workers’ compensation, but contractual relationships, statutory immunity, control, and insurance coverage must be analyzed carefully.

Dog Bites and Animal Attacks

Florida law generally holds a dog owner responsible when the dog bites someone who is lawfully in a public or private place, even without proof of a prior bite or known viciousness. Comparative negligence, lawful presence, ownership, warnings, and causation may still affect the recovery. Non-bite attacks, knockdowns, and claims against landlords, property managers, or businesses ordinarily require a separate examination of negligence, notice, control, and the ability to remove or restrain the animal.

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Discuss Your Premises Liability Claim Directly With Dan

If you were injured in a slip and fall, trip and fall, or other premises liability accident in Hollywood, Broward County, or South Florida, you will speak directly with Dan—not a call center or intake department. Dan is a trial-tested personal injury lawyer with more than 25 years of experience and former insurance-defense knowledge who personally evaluates and handles every case accepted by the firm. FREE consultations may be available by telephone, Zoom, hospital visit, or home visit when appropriate. No attorney’s fee unless a recovery is obtained. ​CALL Dan 📞 (954) 923-6110​