Premises LiabilityMany injuries happen in Mississippi at businesses, and in parking lots as a result of employees ignoring slip and fall conditions on the pavement. When these injuries occur the injured individual might have a right to make a claim for their damages against the property owner.Duties that landowners owe to those who come on to their land differ in each state. In Mississippi the duty depends on the reason that person is on the land or what permission they have to be there. Each person can be categorized as a trespasser, licensee or an invitee. The landowner owes less of a duty to protect the trespasser then the other types of entrants. The landowner’s duty of care is highest for business invitees.Slip & Fall on PremisesSlip and fall or trip and fall refer to those cases where a person is injured after slipping, stumbling or tripping with a subsequent fall on the premises of another. These slips, and trips are often caused by a dangerous condition somewhere around where the person fell.  These falls can happen anywhere but often happen in shopping aisles or outside of businesses. Poor lighting, damaged flooring or some sort of puddle are often the cause of these falls.Slip and Fall and Trip and Fall cases in Mississippi are basically negligence cases. There will be a showing by the plaintiff that a danger exists to people entering onto the property, that the owner of the property knew or should have known about the danger and corrected the issue but did not. It makes no sense why a puddle or damaged flooring can be allowed to remain in a store when workers were present and could have warned the patrons about the issue, or cleaned it up themselves.If you are injured as a result of a trip and fall or slip and fall in Mississippi it is important to gather information as quickly as possible as dangerous condition will be repaired after someone has been injured.  Photographs and names and numbers of others who witnessed the fall or those that work at the store may be helpful in showing how long the condition had been there and not been fixed. Normally companies will make a report about the incident after an injury on their premises.