In Florida, as in all states, if you are injured as a result of negligence by a government employee or agency, claims for compensation are going to follow a different set of rules, at least early on in the process. F.S. 768.28 is the state’s waiver of sovereign immunity law,…
Generally, if you trip-and-fall in a landscaped area that obviously isn’t intended for foot traffic, the property owner isn’t going to be responsible to compensate you for any resulting injuries. However, as the recent case of Grimes v. Family Dollar Stores of Florida reveals, when those landscaped areas have well-worn…