Premises Liability
Premises liability law compensates those whose injuries occurred on someone else’s property because the property owner negligently created an unsafe condition. Premises law requires landowners to protect people who lawfully enter on their land or property. Landowners can be liable when their negligence results in falls and other forms of injury. Our firm represents individuals who have been seriously injured on someone else’s property.
Property owners can be liable to injured people in a variety of ways. Most commonly, an owner can be liable when the negligent design or maintenance of a premises causes someone to slip, trip or fall. A property owner can be liable when a child is injured while using playground equipment or using an amusement park ride. A commercial property owner can be liable for injuries suffered by a customer when the property owner fails to provide adequate security or otherwise fix or warn of hazardous conditions on the property, such as deteriorating stairs.
Though not traditionally characterized as a “premises” injury, we also handle cases of those damaged as a result of “dram shop” negligence. Dram shop liability laws hold those who profit by selling and serving alcohol liable for harm that intoxicated or underage patrons cause to other people Those who serve alcohol can be liable to others whenever they know or should know that intoxicating liquor was served to an underage person or when they serve intoxicating liquor to a visibly intoxicated person.
