Premise Liability and Compensation

20 Nov Premise Liability and Compensation

Premise liability law covers incidents when individuals are injured on private property or commercial property. There can sometimes be some very real personal conflicts that arise over cases involving premise liability. This is particularly the case when the incident involves an injury at somebody's home and when that injury ended up costing the person who was the victim of it a great deal of money.

Getting premise liability legal help from a qualified attorney is an absolute necessity if you believe that you have a premise liability claim on your hands. They can consult with you – generally for free – to determine whether or not it's worth it for you to file a lawsuit. Here are some of the basic facts that should give you some incentive to speak with an attorney.

Was there Negligence?

A property owner who has committed some sort of a negligent act and caused someone to come to harm may end up being sued for premise liability. Negligent acts oftentimes include not maintaining a property properly or up to code. For instance, if you were invited to use a staircase that was not provided with a handrail, that was not cleared of ice or other obstructions or that was uneven and inherently dangerous and you came to harm because of it, you may have a good claim on your hands.

Another common type of premise liability claim involves commercial properties that do not take their customer's safety seriously enough. For instance, a store that does not properly flag floors that are wet, that does not remove obstructions from the sales floor or that does not leave an indication that some items should not be taken down from the shelves by customers themselves and that assistance is needed to do so may be guilty of some sort of negligence if somebody comes to harm.

The money that people get from these claims is usually used to pay for lost wages, pain and suffering, medical expenses and, sometimes, wrongful deaths. If you're not sure whether or not a property owner is likely to be held liable for negligence in court, speak with an attorney. If the attorney accepts your case on a contingency basis, it means that the attorney will not get paid unless they win you money from a settlement from the property owner or from a jury award in court. This means that there is really no risk to you in pursuing such a claim.