Van Nuys Premises Liability Lawyer

Hazardous conditions like faulty wiring, improperly stacked merchandise and loose carpeting cause accidents resulting in serious 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, along with the people 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 conditions.

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 occupier of the property knew of a hazardous condition or activity that led to your injury and failed to take timely, reasonable actions to protect you from it, you may be qualified to recover full compensation for all harm you have suffered. You should immediately get help from an experienced Van Nuys premises liability attorney.

Premises Liability Cases in California

When you work with Drake Law Firm, we will carefully assess the facts of your claim. We will determine 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 concentrate on include:

• Duty-- Did you legally visit the property? For example, were you a customer at a store, a visitor at a hotel or a social guest at someone's residence? 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 occupant needed to take practical steps to protect you from any dangerous condition on the property that the owner or occupier 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 occupier fail to fix the dangerous condition in a reasonable, timely way or, at the very 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 occupant contribute to the injuries that you sustained, or did something else-- possibly your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual injury because of the failure of the property owner or occupant to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you must show that you suffered genuine 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 example, the owner or occupier may claim that you were a trespasser or argue that you sustained injuries because you walked into an "open and obvious" hazard. The attorneys 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 situations. Some of the most common premises liability claims that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These incidents typically occur due to wet and slippery floors, bad lighting, damaged and uneven walkways, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy walkways and parking lots. In addition, a lot of falls occur because of defects such as damaged stairways or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many people suffer injuries when improperly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when workers drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, in particular, subject tenants and their visitors to harm when they fail to conduct regular 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 accidents typically occur when building owners or tenants fail to regularly inspect and maintain elevators and escalators in stores, shopping centers and office buildings.
• 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 workers without an adequate criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings can occur if a property owner or occupant fails to adequately maintain a swimming 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 protect against the foreseeable risk of an accident.

Compensation in a California Premises Liability Claim

Our goal at Drake Law Firm, will be to secure maximum compensation for you in your premises liability claim. We know how dangerous property conditions can cause people to suffer severe, 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 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 occupant (or its insurance company) to blame you for your injuries and deny or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Van Nuys Premises Liability Lawyers Are Ready to Help You

At Drake Law Firm, we will move quickly to investigate your claim. We work with experienced investigators who can document the scene of your accident, talk with witnesses and locate other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also frequently consult with experts who help us to determine how a dangerous property condition caused an accident. A major part of our investigation may 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 Van Nuys, 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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