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Slipped and Fell at South Coast Plaza? Your Rights After a Costa Mesa Premises Liability Injury Short answer: If you slipped, tripped, or fell at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, you may have a valid premises liability claim under California Civil Code §1714 — settlements for shopping-center and mall fall injuries commonly run $50,000 to $1,500,000+, and California gives you two years to file (CCP §335.1). The key legal question is whether South Coast Plaza had actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition that caused your fall. Call Sky Law Group at (844) 475-9529 — Hablamos Español. South Coast Plaza draws 20 million shoppers annually across luxury retailers across its 2.7 million square feet of luxury retail, two levels, and connected restaurant and jewelry district, which means wet floors from spills, polished marble floors near Louis Vuitton and Gucci, slick entrance tiles, wet umbrella drip zones in winter, and escalator and elevator malfunctions, bridge-walkway hazards between the Jewel Court and the Crystal Court are regular events. When maintenance crews, custodial staff, or security fail to identify and warn about hazards within a reasonable time, California law imposes liability on the property owner, the operator, and often the tenant whose space the fall occurred in. Why the clock is already running against you Shopping-center slip and fall cases are won or lost on surveillance video and incident reports — both of which disappear fast. South Coast Plaza operates on digital video recording systems that typically overwrite footage within 14 […]