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You were welcomed as a guest, but ended up with broken bones.

You suffered an accident in Colorado on someone else's premises. Not only were you badly hurt, you also felt that the accident could have been prevented. The landlord was negligent, and should have warned you. Your first concern is to get better, of course, and get back on your two feet. But that may take a long time, enduring pain, paying medical bills, and staying away from your work. Can you claim for damages?

When looking at the acceptability of a slip and fall (or premises liability) case, the Colorado law will first determine the quality, or status of the injured person: invitee, licensee or trespasser. What does it mean?

Invitee: An invitee is someone who is invited -expressly or implicitly- on the property for the benefit of the possessor or to discuss or handle business for the mutual benefit of possessor and invitee. This would be the case of a customer in a supermarket, a supplier meeting at his client's office or visitors of an amusement park. Possessors -the term means those who are in control of the property, landlord or tenant for instance- may be held liable for failing to protect or warn against a dangerous situation they created, or knew about orshould have known and did not correct. In Colorado, on agricultural or vacant land, the last part "should have known..." may not apply.

Licensee: A licensee is someone who is invited to enter or remain on the property for his own mere pleasure, benefit or convenience, or to exercise a public duty. Guests invited at a party are an example. Licensees may recover for damages caused by the possessor's failure to warn of dangers created by the possessor or of which he actually knew. This means that the possessor does not have, as in the case of an invitee, a duty to control and maintain his property so as to become aware of all or new dangers.

Trespasser: A person who is not authorized or invited on the premises, and is not there to execute work for the possessor. A trespasser, in general, will have no claim on the possessor except for damagesdeliberately caused by him. Under the so-called attractive nuisance doctrine, it is required that the possessor post warnings and take action to prevent children from entering the property, when there is a dangerous situation particularly attractive to them. Swimming pools are a case in point.

Slip and fall accidents, when caused by the possessor's negligence, require immediate action in order to build a case with all the evidence of the possessor's fault. A lot of experience and skills will be needed to fight powerful insurance companies fiercely defending their financial interests.