Reviewed by Chandler Maze, Founding Attorney, Maze Law Offices Accident & Injury Lawyers
One second you are walking through a store aisle or an apartment lobby, and the next you are on the floor, hurt and embarrassed, unsure what just happened. A fall is easy for other people to brush off, but a broken wrist, a fractured hip, or a head injury is not minor.
A Lexington slip and fall lawyer at Maze Law Offices Accident & Injury Lawyers helps you hold a careless property owner accountable and pursue fair compensation.
We represent injured people throughout Fayette County and Central Kentucky. Our team gathers the proof, deals with the insurance company, and answers your questions in plain language. The first case review is free, and you pay no attorney’s fee unless we recover compensation for you.
Call (859) 882-9999 any time, day or night, for a free case review.
You may have a case when a property owner’s carelessness left a hazard that injured you. Kentucky law calls this premises liability, and it reaches stores, restaurants, apartments, parking lots, and other places open to the public. Not every fall becomes a claim, but a serious injury caused by a preventable danger often does.
Premises liability is the rule that holds property owners responsible when unsafe conditions on their property injure a lawful visitor. A store, a landlord, or a business owes the people who come there a duty to keep the property reasonably safe.
When that duty is ignored and someone gets hurt, the owner may be held accountable. This idea sits at the heart of any premises liability slip and fall claim.
You must show that a dangerous condition existed, that the owner knew about it or had reason to know about it, and that it caused your injury. That middle point, known as notice, is often the hardest to prove.
Our team gathers the records, photos, and witness accounts that show how long the hazard sat there and whether the owner ignored it.
Serious falls happen in the ordinary places Lexington residents visit every week. A spill in a grocery aisle, ice on an apartment stairwell, or a loose mat at a restaurant may each lead to a bad injury. The most common hazards include:
Whether the fall happened at a Nicholasville Road shopping center or an apartment complex near downtown, one question drives the case: did the property owner act with reasonable care?
A fall from standing height may cause far more harm than people expect, and older adults face the greatest risk. Each year, more than one in four adults age 65 and older falls, and about 3 million are treated in emergency departments for fall injuries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, which adds up to roughly nine million fall injuries nationwide every year. The injuries that follow a fall are rarely small:
A slip and fall attorney in Lexington, KY understands how heavy these injuries are, and what a full recovery may truly cost. Recovery may stretch across surgeries, physical therapy, and long stretches of missed work.
The strongest cases come from the steps you take in the first hours and days, while the scene and the evidence are still fresh. What you do right after a fall often shapes what happens with the claim later. A few steps tend to help most:
If that moment has already passed, do not worry. Our team knows how to reconstruct a fall from records, surveillance video, and witness memory.
No. Kentucky no longer treats an obvious danger as an automatic bar to recovery. For years, property owners argued that a hazard in plain sight, like standing water or a patch of ice, ended the case on its own.
Kentucky’s highest court has since rejected that rule. Today, how obvious a hazard was is only one factor a jury weighs, not a reason to throw the case out. That shift matters in real life. It means a spill you did not notice, or ice you had to cross to reach a door, may still support a claim.
Kentucky follows a pure comparative fault rule under KRS 411.182. If you share part of the blame for a fall, your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault rather than erased. So even if you might have noticed the hazard, you may still recover, with the amount adjusted for your share. This approach gives injured people a fair path forward instead of a locked door.
The value depends on the injury, the medical costs, the income lost, and how clearly the property owner was at fault. No honest lawyer promises a dollar figure early, because a slip and fall settlement in Kentucky turns on the specific facts of the case. The main factors that shape the value include:
Our team builds the claim around the true, long-term cost of the fall, then negotiates from a position of strength. If a fair settlement is not offered, we prepare the case for trial.
Ask what your slip and fall claim may involve. Call (859) 882-9999 for a free review.
Kentucky generally gives you 1 year from the date of the fall to file a slip-and-fall lawsuit. Under KRS 413.140, most personal injury claims carry that one-year deadline. Different rules may apply for injured children or for claims against a city, county, or other government body, which is one more reason to get advice early.
The tighter clock is often the evidence itself, which disappears well before the deadline. Store surveillance video may be recorded over within days. Spills get mopped, broken steps get repaired, and witnesses forget the details. Reaching a lawyer quickly lets our team send preservation letters and lock down the proof while it still exists. The earlier we start, the stronger that proof tends to be.
This is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice.
Slip and fall cases are won on details, the kind that vanish when no one moves quickly. You want a firm that treats your fall as the serious injury it is, not a nuisance claim to settle on the cheap. That is how Maze Law Offices Accident & Injury Lawyers approaches every case.
Founding attorney Chandler Maze handles matters himself and stays reachable, because the people he represents are neighbors, not file numbers. He knows the Fayette County courts, local businesses, and the insurers who defend these claims, and he draws on a statewide network built over years of practice in Kentucky.
What you get with our firm:
Super Lawyers selected Chandler Maze to its Kentucky Rising Stars list from 2024 through 2026, and the firm has recovered millions for injured people across the Commonwealth. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Your case is its own, and we treat it that way.
That is a common defense, and it rarely ends a case. Under Kentucky’s comparative fault rule, sharing part of the blame lowers a recovery but does not wipe it out. Our team gathers the evidence that shows what the property owner did wrong, so their finger-pointing does not get the last word on your claim.
A report helps, but its absence does not sink your claim. Many strong cases move forward without a formal incident report, built instead on photos, medical records, witnesses, and surveillance video. It is still wise to report a fall when you are able, and to see a doctor promptly.
Nothing up front. Maze Law Offices Accident & Injury Lawyers handles slip-and-fall claims on a contingency basis, so there is no charge or obligation for the first case review, and no attorney’s fee unless we recover compensation for you. That lets you get real answers without adding a bill while you heal.
You may have a claim against your landlord. Property owners, landlords included, owe tenants and their guests a duty to keep shared areas reasonably safe. When a broken stair, a dark hallway, or an icy walkway causes a fall, the owner may be responsible for the harm that follows.
Claims against a city, county, or other public body follow special rules and shorter notice deadlines. If you fell on government property, such as a public sidewalk or a county building, the time to act may be very limited. Speaking with a lawyer quickly protects your right to file before a strict deadline passes.
Chandler Maze, LexingtonSlip and Fall Accident Lawyer
A serious fall brings pain, bills, and real doubt about what to do next. A short conversation clears up where you stand and what your choices are, with no pressure to act. Chandler Maze and the team at Maze Law Offices Accident & Injury Lawyers listen first, then lay out a plan built around you.
There is no charge or obligation for the initial case review:
Call our Lexington office at (859) 882-9999. The sooner we begin, the more of the evidence we save.
Maze Law Offices Accident & Injury Lawyers, Lexington, KY. Serving slip and fall injury victims in Fayette County and across Central Kentucky. Responsible attorney: Chandler Maze. This page is attorney advertising and is provided for general information only. It is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.
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