Northridge Premises Liability Attorney

Unsafe conditions like faulty wiring, improperly stacked merchandise and loose carpeting cause accidents leading to major injury. Businesses and property owners have an important responsibility to create safe environments for their customers and visitors. This also includes walkways and parking lots, in addition to individuals they employ. Employees are there to serve and at times, even protect individuals who visit their places of business. The lawyers at Drake Law Firm, are experienced in the legal responsibilities and liabilities of companies or organizations that fail to provide these safe environments.

You can easily sustain injury through no fault of your own when you visit property such as a store, office building, motel or apartment complex. If the owner or occupant of the property knew of a hazardous condition or activity that caused your injury and failed to take timely, reasonable actions to protect you from it, you may be eligible to recover full compensation for all harm you have suffered. You should immediately get help from an experienced Northridge premises liability lawyer.

Premises Liability Cases in California

When you consult with Drake Law Firm, we will thoroughly review the facts of your case. We will determine and pursue all of your legal options against the owner or occupier of the property where your injury took place. Generally, the matters that we will concentrate on include:

• Duty-- Did you legally visit the property? For instance, were you a customer at a store, a guest at a hotel or a social guest at someone's home? If so, the property owner or occupier owed a duty to exercise ordinary care to make sure that the property was safe for you. In other words, the owner or occupier needed to take reasonable measures to protect you from any dangerous condition on the property that the owner or occupant knew or reasonably should have known about and which you would not have been expected to find on your own.
• Breach-- Did the owner or occupant neglect to repair the dangerous condition in a reasonable, timely way or, at least, to warn you about it? If so, the owner failed to fulfill the duty owed to you and could be held legally responsible for your injuries.
• Causation-- Did the negligence of the owner or occupier contribute to the injuries that you suffered, or did something else-- perhaps your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual harm because of the failure of the property owner or occupier to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you have to prove that you suffered real physical, emotional and/or financial harm.

It is always important to look at the ways a property owner or occupier will attempt to avoid liability. For example, the owner or occupant might claim that you were a trespasser or claim that you sustained injuries because you walked into an "open and obvious" hazard. The lawyers at Drake Law Firm, will be ready to tackle those issues and protect your right to full and fair compensation.

Types of Premises Liability Claims in California

A premises liability claim can arise in various circumstances. Some of the most common premises liability cases that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These incidents often happen because of wet and slippery floors, poor lighting, damaged and uneven walkways, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy sidewalks and parking lots. In addition, a lot of falls occur due to defects such as broken stairs or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals sustain injuries when improperly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when workers drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, particularly, expose tenants and their guests to harm when they fail to conduct regular inspections and remedy concerns such as mold accumulation, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Usually, their negligence violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These incidents often occur when building owners or tenants neglect to routinely inspect and maintain elevators and escalators in stores, shopping centers and office complexes.
• Negligent security-- Numerous assaults occur in shopping centers, office buildings, apartments, hotels and motels because property owners and managers fail to protect visitors from known security hazards, or they hire workers without a sufficient criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings may occur if a property owner or occupant neglects to properly maintain a pool and features such as slides and diving boards. Swimming pool owners should also use a fence or locked gate to keep out children and prevent the foreseeable risk of an accident.

Compensation in a California Premises Liability Lawsuit

Our goal at Drake Law Firm, will be to acquire maximum compensation for you in your premises liability case. We understand how dangerous property conditions can cause individuals to sustain severe, life-changing injuries such as traumatic brain injury, back and spine injuries, fractures, burns and soft tissue injuries. We will work hard to pursue damages on your behalf such as:

• Past and future medical costs
• Lost wages (including lost future earning capacity)
• Pain and suffering
• Psychological distress
• Wrongful death damages (if you lost your loved one)
• Punitive damages

We will determine all sources of compensation for you and aggressively challenge any attempts by the property owner or occupant (or its insurance company) to blame you for your injuries and deny or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Northridge Premises Liability Lawyers Are Ready to Help You

At Drake Law Firm, we will move quickly to investigate your case. We work with skilled investigators that can document the scene of your accident, talk with witnesses and track down various other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also regularly consult with experts who help us to determine how a hazardous property condition caused an accident. A major part of our investigation might involve tracking down the identity of the property owner or individual who was otherwise in control of the premises where you or a loved one was hurt.

At Drake Law Firm, we've assisted numerous personal injury clients to get the compensation they require to recover. We won't let you accept unfair treatment from other law firms and we will defend you from beginning to end. If you need help with Premises Liability in Northridge, California, give us a call at (844) 513-7253 for a FREE consultation or visit our website at DrakeLawGroup.com to get started on your case today! 

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