When someone invites you to their premises, they hold a degree of responsibility for ensuring your safety while on that property. If they do not uphold that responsibility and you are injured on the premises, they may be accountable for paying you compensation for the losses you suffer because of those injuries.
Compensation is important to your recovery. Partnering with the personal injury team at Simmrin Law Group is a critical first step toward securing that compensation. A Burbank premises liability lawyer will steer your case through the process with efficiency and fight for the highest settlement possible.
Burbank Property Owners’ Responsibilities
Property owners or managers or those leasing a property have a responsibility to anyone who enters their premises. They must inform guests of any known hazards, exercise ordinary care to maintain the property’s safety, and use reasonable care to regularly examine their properties to protect guests from detectable hazards. If they do not fulfill these responsibilities, they can be found liable for damages under California’s negligence laws.
The following factors can help determine whether a property owner should have reasonably detected an undisclosed danger:
- How obvious the hazard was
- Whether complaints about a dangerous condition were previously lodged
- How long the hazardous condition existed
- Whether the hazardous condition caused prior injuries
- If the property owner made previous inadequate attempts to fix the danger
- How likely the condition was to cause injury
- How much control the property owner had over the hazardous condition
If a minor or trivial property defect caused the injury, property owners may not be held liable. However, leave that evaluation to a skilled Burbank premises liability attorney. A property defect may not be as “minor” as the property owner or their insurance company claims.
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Where Accidents Leading to Premises Liability Claims Can Occur
Accidents can happen on any property. When you have an accident, what matters most is recovering from your injuries and recovering your injury-caused losses. A premises liability lawyer in Burbank will take care of determining who is responsible for paying your compensation, and where the accident occurs is a critical element of that determination.
Private Homes
You may slip or fall or sustain other injuries in a friend or family member’s private home. Losing balance after leaning on a weak stair railing can lead to a fall. If you sit on a broken lawn chair only to have it collapse, you could sustain a serious back injury.
Sometimes, guests trip on loose carpeting or exposed cables. Children may have access to cleaning chemicals or unprotected medications and experience chemical burns or poisoning after coming into contact with or ingesting these substances.
Business Establishments
Restaurant patrons, retail store shoppers, and any other person invited to a business establishment must be warned about and protected from dangers. For example, store owners need to keep their aisles free of obstructions and mark any slippery floors with warnings.
Office building managers or owners need to ensure stairwells are properly lit, and elevators are in working order, along with keeping the rest of their property safe.
Apartment Complexes
Landlords must inform renters of any dangers existing on the premises before the renters enter a rental agreement. For example, landlords must disclose the presence or prior presence of certain dangerous chemicals.
If other hazards arise after the renter takes possession of the space, landlords are accountable for accidents only if they are made aware of the hazard and do not fix it. This also applies if the accident occurs in a common area, such as a stairwell, under the landlord’s control.
Implementing proper security is an important part of apartment complex safety, as it is for office complexes. Having working locks, well-lit parking garages, and other reasonable security measures are part of the property owner’s responsibilities.
Amusement Parks
If you attend an amusement park, you will probably sign a safety waiver upon entry. This is the amusement park’s effort to remove themselves from liability if you are injured on the premises. While that waiver covers some situations, the park is still responsible for keeping its property danger free and its guests safe.
The park must maintain crowd control, ensure their rides are inspected and in safe working order, and warn guests of known dangers. The park owners must anticipate probable dangers and make reasonable efforts to mitigate them.
Construction Sites
From heavy equipment and vehicles, holes in the ground, or half-built (or demolished) buildings, construction sites come with a variety of extreme safety hazards. Site managers must comply with safety regulations to protect their workers.
Passersby must be kept safe from construction zone dangers. Obvious warnings, gates, and other protections must be in place to prevent accidents and keep owners free from liability.
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Put Your Case in the Capable Hands of a Premises Liability Attorney in Burbank
Accidents caused by negligent property owners can lead to serious injuries. Slips, trips, or falls can cause permanent back or neck injuries, brain injuries, nerve damage, and broken bones. Poisonings can lead to permanent organ damage and cognitive decline, while exposure to chemicals can cause severe burns or respiratory ailments.
Whatever the injury, you need the resources to heal as completely as possible. To do that, you need to recover your losses, and the team at Simmrin Law Group will help you do that. Your premises liability lawyer in Burbank will:
- Review your case for free to determine if you have a claim.
- Investigate your accident completely and identify the negligent party.
- Compile and submit comprehensive evidence to prove the at-fault party’s negligence and the extent of your losses.
- Demand a just settlement amount and handle all negotiations with the at-fault party’s insurance adjusters and other representatives.
- Communicate with you regularly to give you updates on the status of your case.
- Represent you at trial if the at-fault party refuses to settle fairly out of court.
A fair settlement will cover your medical bills and future care, recoup wages lost during recovery time as well as potential lost future earnings if you cannot return to work. It will provide financial acknowledgment of your pain and emotional suffering and diminished quality of life. Your Burbank premises liability attorney will evaluate your situation with great care and account for all your losses.
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Filing a premises liability claim and pursuing a settlement may seem intimidating, and you may be tempted to settle for whatever the at-fault party’s insurance company offers you after you report your injury. Do not settle for less than you deserve. Your lawyer will fight for a settlement that covers your needs and brings you justice.
To take action, all you have to do is contact the team at Simmrin Law Group and connect with an experienced Burbank premises liability lawyer.
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