If you are injured on someone else’s property due to their negligence, contact The Mike Hostilo Law Firm today.
The law defines “duty of care” as a company’s or business’s obligation to protect its employees and the public from undue risks. For instance, businesses have a duty of care to their employees and the public. While operating their business, they must promote the health, safety, and wellbeing of others.
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Note that a property owner or manager is legally required to keep their premises safe. If they know that there are unsafe areas on the property, it’s their responsibility to correct the problems and keep those areas blocked off until they are fixed.
Therefore, if someone is injured on the property due to negligence or carelessness, the owner is liable. However, proving this can be tricky. It requires evidence that your injury resulted from a dangerous condition on their property – and that the owner knew about it or should have known.
The liability lawyers at MIke Hostilo Law firm can help. We will work to gather the necessary evidence and prove your premises liability claim. But it’s important that you act quickly. If you’ve been injured, contact our premises liability lawyer as soon as possible.
Also, be sure to notify the property owner that you are injured and seeking medical attention immediately. Getting medical attention right away is not only critical for your care, but in documenting that the injury resulted from the accident. The time available for filing a premise liability claim is limited, so there’s no time to waste.
Remember, there’s no guarantee that the owner of the property will be held liable for the accident injury. While many states have laws that protect accident injury victims, others limit the situations in which property owners may be held responsible for an injury. Rest assured that our premises liability lawyers will work tirelessly to see justice done.
For a liability claim to be brought against a property owner, a trusted premises liability lawyer can help prove that the following occurred:
YOU WERE LEGALLY ON THE PROPERTY
UNSAFE AREA
OWNER FAILED TO KEEP AREA SAFE
ACCIDENT INJURY HAPPENED DUE TO UNSAFE AREA
You Don’t Pay Unless We Win
The Mike Hostilo Law Firm can manage your premises liability claim, as well as a wide variety of other cases – including car crashes, trucking accidents, and other accident claims. We are here to help! Our team proudly serves accident injury victims throughout Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina.
In most cases, the plaintiff or accident injury victim in a premises liability claim must be an “invitee” of the property owner. This can include, but is not limited to, several scenarios, such as:
When filing a liability claim, a premises liability lawyer is crucial. They bring trusted legal experience and knowledge to the table, helping to manage the complexities of your premises liability case.
When your compensation is on the line, let the liability attorneys at The Mike Hostilo Law Firm put our experience to work for you.
Unsafe conditions must be clear to an observer. Such examples might include:
Keep in mind, the list of unsafe situations that create liability is extensive. However, courts have rejected liability claims related to conditions that, while ultimately unsafe, did not meet the standard. Determining a premises owner’s “duty of care” takes careful analysis and experience – and our premises liability attorneys at The Mike Hostilo Law Firm can provide just that!
Additionally, an unsafe condition created by the actions of a premises employee can also create liability. Generally, the third party is an employee, as opposed to an independent contractor – and the action must be performed in line with how the employer had instructed the employee. For example, if an employer requires that employees clean spills, but fails to train them in how to put out a sign warning of the freshly washed area, someone slipping on that surface could attempt to hold the premise liable.
As one legal expert for Baylor University Medical Center noted, business owners have a duty to ensure employees are properly supervised and that “problem” employees are not retained. He notes, however, that nothing can “absolutely” prevent a lawsuit against a property.
In short, negligence stems from a premises owner’s failure to warn invitees of unsafe conditions – or to prevent them.
An example is a “Beware of Dog” sign in front of a fence that separates the dog from trespassers. The property owner would be liable for the trespasser’s dog bite if they didn’t have a sign in place.
However, a property owner who addresses an unsafe condition can still be found liable if the effort proves insufficient. An improperly repaired stair rail that breaks, for example, creates a more dangerous situation than the original broken rail because the user would believe it’s safe. In this example, however, the injured party must be able to show that the rail was improperly fixed, and that the property owner knew the rail was incapable of holding a typical person’s weight.
There are exceptions to this level of liability. In the state of Georgia, for instance, the law protects premise owners from liability when the invitee is on the property for “recreational” purposes. This applies even if an injury occurs because of the property owner’s negligence.
Because the laws governing premises liability are very intricate, it’s important to have an Contact property liability lawyer on your side.
Slips and falls accidents are the most common liability claims made against property owners.
The National Floor Safety Institute further estimates that “slip and fall” cases account for over one million emergency room visits per year, or approximately 12%. Among adults over 65, slips and falls are the second highest cause of injury-related deaths, according to research cited by the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health.
As the name implies, these are accident injuries caused when a person falls because of slippery or uneven walking surfaces. Slips and falls lawyer cost an estimated $50 billion in medical costs in 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
As with most cases, holding a premises owner accountable in a “slip and fall” claim can be difficult. What seems like a straightforward case can become complicated very quickly.
Other injuries that commonly result in premises liability claims include:
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