Columbia Slip and Fall Lawyer for Property Injuries
A fall can look minor to everyone except the person who took it. A spill nobody cleaned up, a broken step, an icy walkway that was never salted, or a dark parking lot can leave you with a broken wrist, a hip fracture, a back injury, or a head injury. If you were hurt on someone else’s property in Columbia or Boone County, Mutrux Firm Injury Lawyers can help you find out whether the owner or manager should be held responsible. There is no fee unless we win.
Call our Columbia office at (573) 722-2121 or our main line at (888) 550-4026.
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Tyson Mutrux represents people injured in crashes across Columbia, St. Louis, and throughout Missouri and Illinois. With an office right here in Columbia, he handles car crashes, truck accidents, slip and falls, wrongful death, and more for Boone County residents and surrounding communities.
Tyson Mutrux has spent his career fighting for injury victims across Columbia, St. Louis, and throughout Missouri and Illinois. As a Columbia slip and fall lawyer with an office at 2415 Carter Ln, he handles falls in stores, apartment complexes, campus-area housing, parking lots and other properties across Boone County and mid-Missouri.
A former State Farm claims representative, he knows how property insurers try to blame the injured person, and how to fight back.
Recognition for Tyson Mutrux
- 2024–2026Selected for Super LawyersSuper Lawyers
- 2025Best Injury Lawyer in ColumbiaInside Columbia Magazine
- 2024Top 10 Car Accident Lawyers in ColumbiaTrust Analytica
- 2023Best Car Accident Lawyer in ColumbiaExpertise.com
- 2015Nation's Top One Percent of AttorneysNational Association of Distinguished Counsel
- 2014Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40The National Trial Lawyers
- 2012Superb 10/10 RatingAvvo
- U.S. ArmyArmy Commendation MedalMilitary service
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Steps to Take After a Slip and Fall in Columbia
Columbia packs a lot of different property into a small area. A night out downtown, a stairwell in a rented building, a campus path, a store off Stadium, and a city pavement all sit within a few blocks of each other, and the answer to who was responsible changes with each. So does how long you have to act.
Before You Leave
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Get medical help. Call 911 if the injury is serious, and otherwise be seen the same day. Hip, wrist, back, and head injuries are common in falls, and some are not obvious until the swelling sets in.
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Report it to whoever runs the place. The manager, the landlord or leasing office, or campus authorities. Ask for a written incident report and request a copy, because a report made on the day is far harder to dispute later.
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Photograph the hazard and the light. The spill, the broken tread, the missing handrail, the dark stairwell. Include wide shots that show the lighting and the approach, not only a close-up of what you fell on.
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Note names and anything said. Witnesses, and which staff responded. Remarks about the problem being reported before, or about meaning to fix it, go directly to what the owner already knew.
In the Days After
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Keep the shoes and clothing. Store what you were wearing without cleaning or repairing it. Insurers routinely argue the footwear caused the fall, and the shoes themselves are the answer to that.
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Act fast on the security video. Many systems overwrite within one to four weeks, and nobody has to keep footage until they are asked. A written preservation request needs to reach the owner quickly.
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If it was ice, find out whether anyone had cleared it. Missouri generally imposes no duty to remove snow and ice that fell naturally. What changes the answer is someone shovelling, salting, or being under contract to do it, because that can create a duty to do it carefully.
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In rented housing, work out whose area it was. Responsibility for a stairwell, walkway, or parking lot in an apartment building usually sits with the landlord or management company rather than the tenant, and the lease is often what settles it.
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Talk to a lawyer before you settle. Missouri generally allows five years, but a fall on a city pavement or on university property raises different rules and can require written notice within months rather than years.
Columbia Slip and Fall Lawyers: Holding Negligent Property Owners Accountable
Why Do Columbia Residents Call Mutrux Firm?
Attorney Tyson Mutrux used to work as a claims representative for State Farm. He knows how a property insurer looks at a fall claim, including the questions adjusters ask to shift blame onto the injured person. He is an Army veteran, licensed in Missouri and Illinois, and he has led the firm since it was founded around 2010.
We opened our Columbia office at 2415 Carter Ln, Suite 102 in 2019. That office has a 5.0 Google rating from 137 reviews (Google Maps, October 2026). Visit our testimonials page to hear from past clients.
We only represent injured people in personal injury cases.
How Can Property Owners Be Responsible?
Missouri property owners and businesses have a legal duty to keep their premises reasonably safe for people who are lawfully there. How much care is owed depends partly on why you were on the property. A customer in a store is generally owed more care than a trespasser. To build a claim, we usually need to show that:
- A dangerous condition existed on the property;
- The owner or the party in control knew, or reasonably should have known, about it;
- They failed to fix it or give an adequate warning; and
- That failure caused your injury.
Who is responsible isn't always obvious. The landowner, a commercial tenant, a property manager, or a snow removal or cleaning contractor may share responsibility. If the fall happened on government property, special rules and shorter notice requirements may apply, so speak with a lawyer quickly.
Common Fall Hazards Around Columbia
Columbia has busy shopping centers, apartment complexes, restaurants, campus-area housing, and office buildings, and each brings its own risks:
- Wet or freshly mopped floors with no warning sign
- Spilled products in grocery and retail aisles
- Ice and snow left on sidewalks, steps, and parking lots during Missouri winters
- Cracked or uneven pavement and potholes in parking areas
- Broken stairs or missing handrails in apartment buildings
- Poor lighting in stairwells, hallways, and parking lots
- Loose rugs, cords, or merchandise left in walkways
Missouri Law on Slip and Fall Claims
Five-year filing deadline. Most Missouri premises liability lawsuits must be filed within five years under RSMo 516.120. Don't let the long window fool you. Stores often record over security video within days, and owners can repair a hazard right after a fall. Early action keeps the evidence intact.
Pure comparative fault. Insurers often say you should have watched where you were going. Missouri follows pure comparative fault, so your recovery can be reduced by your share of fault, but sharing some blame doesn't automatically bar you from recovering.
Local courts. A lawsuit over a fall in Columbia is often filed in Boone County Circuit Court, part of the 13th Judicial Circuit, which serves Boone and Callaway Counties. The Boone County Courthouse is at 705 E. Walnut St. in downtown Columbia.
What Should You Do After a Fall in Columbia?
- Get medical care. For serious injuries, call 911. University Hospital in Columbia, part of MU Health Care, is a Level I trauma center. For any fall, get checked and follow your doctor's treatment plan.
- Report the fall. Tell the manager, landlord, or owner, and ask that an incident report be made. Ask for a copy.
- Photograph everything. Get the hazard, the area around it, the lighting, any warning signs (or the lack of them), your shoes, and your injuries.
- Get witness information. Names and phone numbers of anyone who saw the fall or the hazard can be very valuable.
- Keep your shoes and clothing. Store them as they were when you fell.
- Be careful what you sign or say. Don't sign releases or give recorded statements to the property's insurer before you get advice.
- Call us. We can send preservation requests for video and maintenance records quickly.
How Does Mutrux Firm Build Your Claim?
We investigate who owned and controlled the property, ask for surveillance footage, incident reports, and inspection and maintenance records, and interview witnesses. We collect your medical bills and wage records and document how the injury affects your daily life. We handle all communication with the insurer. If they won't make a fair offer, we're prepared to go to court.
For more on premises cases statewide, see our Missouri slip and fall lawyer page. To see all the injury cases we handle locally, visit our Columbia personal injury lawyer page.
Talk With a Columbia Slip and Fall Lawyer Today
Free case review: (573) 722-2121 (Columbia) or (888) 550-4026. No fee unless we win.
Mutrux Firm Injury Lawyers – Columbia
2415 Carter Ln, Suite 102, Columbia, MO 65201
Columbia: (573) 722-2121 | Main: (888) 550-4026
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