{"id":2996,"date":"2026-09-28T11:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomganim.com\/attorney\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:47:47","slug":"slip-and-fall-wet-leaves-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomganim.com\/attorney\/2026\/09\/28\/slip-and-fall-wet-leaves-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Slipped on Wet Leaves in Connecticut? Who’s Responsible Depends on Where You Fell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short answer:<\/strong> If you slipped on wet leaves in Connecticut and got hurt, you may have a claim \u2014 but where<\/em> you fell changes almost everything about it. A fall at a store, a fall at someone’s home, and a fall on a town sidewalk follow three different sets of rules, and one of them gives you only 90 days<\/strong> to act. Here’s how each one works, and what to do this week if it happened to you.<\/p>\n

Every fall, Connecticut trades one hazard for another. The leaves come down, the rain soaks them, and a flat walkway turns into something closer to black ice \u2014 except it doesn’t look dangerous at all. That’s exactly what makes it dangerous. Most people who fall on wet leaves never saw them as a risk until they were on the ground.<\/p>\n

Whether someone else is responsible comes down to one thing first: whose property you were on.<\/p>\n

Scenario 1: You fell at a store, restaurant, office or parking lot<\/h2>\n

If you were a customer, patient or anyone else there on business, Connecticut law calls you an invitee<\/strong>. That gives you the strongest protection the law offers.<\/p>\n

A business owes invitees reasonable care: inspect the property, fix hazards, or warn people about them. The key question is notice<\/strong> \u2014 did the owner know about the leaves, or should they have known?<\/p>\n