Hotel Bathtubs Slippery When Wet And Yet So Unsuspectingly Dangerous Causing Too Many Slip And Fall Accidents
Many times when one goes to a hotel and takes a shower in a bathtub, we easily assume that the bathtub is safe and treated with a non-skid surface. Unfortunately all too often this is not the case. Many times hotel employees fail to follow the manufacturers’ guidelines for cleaning bathtubs by using certain cleaning products or abrasives and the non-skid surface is removed. Not only may the bathtubs be slippery but it is often the case that there is an improperly installed grab bar that can rip from the wall or is poorly positioned.
The hotel safety and premises liability lawyers of Reiff and Bily have handled many cases involving hotel bathroom safety and hotel slip and falls. In one of our cases our client grabbed the bathroom grab bar to help him get out of the tub yet it pulled out of the wall causing him to fall to the ground seriously injuring his knee and shoulders. The law in Pennsylvania mandates that hotels must exercise reasonable care for the safety concerns of their guests, in or out of a tub. Hotel operators are liable for bathroom accidents where they knew or should have known of a defect. Hotels have a duty to their guests to inspect bathrooms daily by housekeeping personnel as well as conduct periodic engineering inspections and follow the manufacturers’ guidelines for the maintenance of all bathroom products including but not limited to bathtubs.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a hotel as a result of a slip and fall or a bathroom accident, please feel free to call one of our experienced premises liability and hotel safety lawyers for a free, no obligation consultation at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
