Victims hurt at stores and in public places can seek all-encompassing help with medical bills and other damages. Under California Civil Code 1714, business owners and landlords are responsible for the safety of customers and residents and are financially liable when someone is hurt.
Maison Law of Lodi represents the victims of premises liability accidents and offers an absolutely free case consultation to injured victims. It’s a no-risk way to find out what your injury may be worth and how to hold a property owner fully responsible for recovery costs.
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Premises Liability Accident?
If you are seriously injured on someone else’s property and an owner’s negligence is to blame, you may earn much more for recovery by turning your case over to a skilled attorney. With something like a broken bone or head trauma, the cost of a full recovery skyrockets, but the resistance you’ll get from insurance companies also grows.
When hospital bills grow, insurance adjusters seek ways to blame the accident on you. They may say the patient was clumsy or in a place they weren’t supposed to be. These are almost always weak tactics meant to get owners and their insurers off the hook.
Your Lodi premises liability lawyer investigates your accident and backs your case with evidence. A strong case keeps property owners from escaping accountability and leaving you with little support or nothing at all. Your Maison Law attorney can often secure much more for your injuries than you could by taking on property owners or a giant company yourself.
The Types of Premises Liability Cases We Win for Clients
As we go about our weekly routine in San Joaquin County, we may be too busy to notice the potential hazards that surround us. They can be dangers on the floor as we shop at Walmart or Costco. Our rental homes or apartments may have stairs that are ready to collapse or a pool that isn’t safely maintained.
These risks can cause injury and even death to ourselves or our family members. Careless property owners and business owners must be held fully accountable for the hazards they could have and should have removed or cleaned up. California law backs up victims and empowers them to file personal injury claims to get help in recovery.
Victims can seek assistance with their medical bills, their lost income while they can’t work, and many more hardships.
These are just a few of the types of premises liability accidents that would leave business and property owners liable:
- Slip-and-falls and trip-and-falls
- Falling merchandise
- Apartment complex and rental property accidents
- Swimming pool accidents, such as incidents at a local hotel or a residential community
- Accidents at government-operated property, like the courthouse or Lodi Lake Beach
- Fun park injuries, like accidents at a trampoline park
- Burns and electrocution on properties
- Toxic fumes or chemical exposure on properties
- Injuries suffered on unsafe stairs or unstable decks
- Injuries caused by a lack of security
Who Is Responsible for an Accident at a Business or Public Place?
Owners and operators in Lodi have a duty to avoid creating hazards in public places like a store, an apartment complex, a restaurant, or a park. But they must also monitor for the risks that other visitors and customers create, such as a drink spilled on a shiny tile floor.
These hazards must be spotted and removed before someone has the chance to come along and take a dangerous fall or have something fall down on them. When owners don’t take these precautions, they are fully liable for the harm caused. They must provide support to victims until they are fully recovered physically and financially.
Unfortunately, big retail chains and corporations may have their own lawyers helping them shed blame for any accident. You may require a skilled Maison Law attorney to help you identify every party that may bear fault in what happened to you. You may also need an attorney to make sure you are treated fairly, especially when insurers and corporate lawyers get involved.
Maison Law would go over every aspect of your accident and file claims with every party that shared blame; in some cases, that means more than one party.
- Property Owner
- Homeowner
- Business Owner
- Corporation
- Landlord
- Property Management Company
- Homeowners Association
- Organization
- City of Lodi, San Joaquin County Government, or the State of California
A City parks and rec department or a state entity may share in the blame for an accident on public property. However, you should be wary when filing claims against governmental departments.
These governments enjoy special protections against liability. They may force you to ask permission to seek support. These cases also have a shorter deadline to file. You may only have months to seek a claim or lose your chance to get help forever. If you’ve been hurt in a public park or public building, take advantage of a free consultation with Maison Law to determine your best strategy for getting help.
Compensation for Premises Liability Accident Victims
Maison Law has decades of experience taking on large companies and corporations when they cause pain and hardship for accident victims.
We make sure victims receive comprehensive help with every damage they’ve suffered. Those damages can be physical, emotional, and financial.
Our lawyers would demand that these hardships be completely compensated in any premises liability settlement check:
- Current medical expenses and whatever money is required to cover any care expected to be needed in the years ahead.
- Lifetime support for a patient suffering a permanent disability.
- Support for the physical pain and emotional anguish suffered by the victim. This can include a loss of enjoyment of life and a loss of intimacy with a spouse or partner.
- Travel costs while attending doctor appointments and out-of-area specialists. Transport can be expensive when victims can’t drive and are confined to wheelchairs or left on crutches.
- The sum of lost paychecks and benefits lost while victims can’t make it into work.
- Wrongful Death Benefits. Families who have lost a loved one in a premises liability accident may file a wrongful death claim. This civil claim seeks help with funeral costs and medical expenses. It should also protect the family from economic hardships in the future when they’ll be without the financial support the deceased would have provided.
Contact a Premises Liability Attorney Serving Lodi Victims
If you or a loved one is hurt in an accident at any business or public place, don’t count on insurance adjusters to treat you fairly. You’ll need to force them to be accountable even when you have strong evidence showing a property owner or company’s negligence.
Having an experienced Lodi Premises Liability Lawyer on your side safeguards your case and helps you get the most compensation for your injury. Contact Maison Law to schedule a free and confidential case consultation to find out what your case is worth.
There’s no obligation for your free case review, but if you feel Maison Law can help you earn more for your claim, you don’t have to worry about having money to hire us. There are no upfront costs. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money you receive.
