Topanga Premises Liability Lawyer

Hazardous conditions like faulty wiring, improperly stacked merchandise and loose carpeting cause accidents leading to 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. Workers 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 readily sustain 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 occupant of the property knew of a hazardous condition or activity that caused your injury and neglected to take timely, reasonable 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 Topanga premises liability lawyer.

Premises Liability Cases in California

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

• Duty-- Did you lawfully visit the property? For example, were you a customer at a store, a guest at a hotel or a social guest at a person's residence? If so, the property owner or occupant owed a duty to exercise ordinary care to ensure that the property was safe for you. In other words, the owner or occupant needed to take practical steps 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 fail to repair the dangerous condition in a reasonable, timely way 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 negligence of the owner or occupant contribute to the injuries that you sustained, or did something else-- perhaps your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual harm as a result of the failure of the property owner or occupier to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you have to show that you suffered real physical, psychological and/or financial harm.

It is always important to consider the ways a property owner or occupant will attempt to avoid liability. For instance, 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 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 arise in various circumstances. A few of the most common premises liability cases that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These incidents typically happen due to wet and slippery floors, poor lighting, damaged and uneven sidewalks, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy sidewalks and parking lots. In addition, many falls occur due to defects such as broken stairways or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many people sustain injuries when improperly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when employees drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, in particular, subject occupants and their guests to harm when they fail to conduct routine inspections and remedy issues such as mold buildup, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Usually, their negligence violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These incidents usually happen when building owners or tenants fail 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 guests from known security hazards, or they hire workers without a sufficient criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings might occur if a property owner or occupier neglects to adequately 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 prevent the foreseeable risk of an accident.

Compensation in a California Premises Liability Lawsuit

Our goal at Drake Law Firm, will be to secure maximum compensation for you in your premises liability claim. We understand how hazardous property conditions can cause people to suffer 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 expenses
• Lost income (including lost future earning capacity)
• Pain and suffering
• Psychological distress
• Wrongful death damages (if you lost your loved one)
• Punitive damages

We will identify 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 deny or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Topanga 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 locate other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also routinely consult with experts that help us to figure out how a hazardous property condition caused an accident. A big part of our investigation might involve locating the identity of the property owner or individual that 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 Topanga, 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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