What is a Premises Liability Case?
When injured on the property of another individual, you could be entitled to a substantial amount of monetary compensation for your injuries. Property owners and managers have a legal duty to make sure that their premise is free from hazards that could cause damage to a visitor. If they haven't taken...
Landlord’s Responsibilities in a Negligent Security Action
A landlord has the common-law duty to take minimal precautions to protect tenants from foreseeable harm, including foreseeable criminal conduct by a third-person. In order to recover against a landlord for assault, a tenant is required to show that the landlord’s failure to provide adequate security was the proximate cause of...
Slip and Fall Accidents and Statistics
Types of injury-causing accidents that we most commonly think about are automobile crashes, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. What you may not realize, though, is that the chances of being involved in a slip and fall accident are high as well. Most people do not realize how extensive the dangers of...
How Negligent/Inadequate Security Results in Personal Injury Lawsuits
An owner or occupier of land has a legal duty to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances to maintain his or her premises in a reasonably safe condition. That duty includes taking minimal precautions to protect members of the public from reasonably foreseeable criminal acts of third parties. Especially in areas...