Sherman Oaks Premises Liability Attorney

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

You can readily suffer injury through no fault of your own when you go to property such as a store, office building, motel or apartment complex. If the owner or occupier of the property knew of a dangerous condition or activity that resulted in your injury and neglected to take timely, practical actions to protect you from it, you might be eligible to recover full compensation for all harm you have suffered. You should immediately get help from an experienced Sherman Oaks premises liability attorney.

Premises Liability Claims in California

When you work with Drake Law Firm, we will thoroughly review the facts of your claim. We will identify and pursue all of your legal options against the owner or occupant of the property where your injury took place. Typically, the issues that we will focus on include:

• Duty-- Did you lawfully visit the property? For instance, were you a customer at a store, a guest at a hotel or a social guest at a person's home? If so, the property owner or occupant 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 practical 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 discover on your own.
• Breach-- Did the owner or occupant neglect to repair the hazardous condition in a reasonable, timely manner or, at the very least, to alert 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 carelessness of the owner or occupier contribute to the injuries that you suffered, or did something else-- possibly your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual harm because of the failure of the property owner or occupant to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you need to show 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 try to avoid liability. For example, the owner or occupier may claim that you were a trespasser or argue that you suffered injuries because you walked into an "open and obvious" hazard. The lawyers at Drake Law Firm, will be prepared 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 emerge in various circumstances. Some of the most common premises liability cases that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These accidents often happen because of wet and slippery floors, bad lighting, damaged and uneven sidewalks, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy sidewalks and parking lots. In addition, many falls occur because of defects such as damaged stairs or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals sustain injuries when poorly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when workers drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, in particular, expose occupants and their visitors to harm when they neglect to perform routine inspections and remedy concerns such as mold buildup, 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 regularly inspect and maintain elevators and escalators in stores, shopping centers and office complexes.
• Negligent security-- Many assaults occur in shopping centers, office buildings, apartments, hotels and motels because property owners and managers fail to protect visitors from known security risks, or they hire employees without a sufficient criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings might occur if a property owner or occupier neglects to properly maintain a pool and features such as slides and diving boards. Pool owners should also use a fence or locked gate to keep out children and protect against the foreseeable risk of an accident.

Compensation in a California Premises Liability Case

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 serious, life-altering 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 occupier (or its insurance company) to blame you for your injuries and reject or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Sherman Oaks Premises Liability Lawyers Are Ready to Help You

At Drake Law Firm, we will move quickly to investigate your case. We work with experienced 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 routinely consult with experts who help us to figure out how a dangerous property condition caused an accident. A big part of our investigation might involve locating 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 Sherman Oaks, 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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