Maison Law of Stockton represents people who have been injured in slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall accidents in public places like the Bob Hope Theatre. Theatre and concert hall owners and operators are responsible for your safety when you see a show. They can be held liable for every recovery cost if you are hurt. Contact our Concert Injury Lawyers for a free and confidential consultation to find out what your case is worth and how to hold insurance companies fully accountable.
Do I Need a Lawyer After an Accident at a Show?
If you fall down and only receive minor injuries, you might not need the help of a lawyer. However, if your injuries are more serious, like a hand or hip fracture or head trauma, you should discuss your case in a free case review with Maison Law. If a theater’s action or inaction contributed to your accident, a skilled lawyer can often secure substantially more in compensation for your family.
Large Theatres and corporate owners will be able to afford corporate lawyers who can leap into action to try to get owners and operators off the hook. They’ll seek ways to pin the blame for an injury on you. Insurance adjusters also try to downplay how serious your injury is to leave as many hospital bills as possible for you to pay.
Your Stockton Premises Liability Lawyer is your safeguard after an accident at a venue like the Bob Hope Theatre. We fully investigate your case, collecting all evidence available. Then that evidence is used to force Theatre owners and their insurers to fully support victims for as long as necessary.
Theatre Hazards at Stockton Concert Venues
The Bob Hope Theatre has been around in one form or another in downtown Stockton for nearly a century. The beautiful venue is a place where up to 2,000 guests can catch a movie or show, or even watch their kids graduate.
It’s a big, beautiful concert hall, but it’s also a very old facility that certainly houses its share of hazards for ticketholders. Unfortunately, when Theatre owners and operators get careless with safety, the risks for guests only multiply.
Popcorn and spilled sodas can end up on the floor to create slip-and-fall hazards. People can become hazards when crowds move and grow in an unsafe manner, endangering anyone trying to get to their seats or the lobby. These are all risks that owners and operators are responsible for spotting and removing. They owe all ticketholders a “duty of care.” When they make mistakes and neglect to keep people safe, they can be held financially liable for any victim’s recovery costs.
- Fall Hazards Inside the Theater – The path to your seat may include steep inclines, puddles from spilled drinks, and even candy. Employees must act to take care of these hazards and put out signs after they’ve been mopped up. Rips in carpet can also represent a tripping hazard when not repaired. Poor lighting may leave people with unsure steps that cause a devastating tumble to the floor.
- Pedestrian Accidents and Parking Decks: We all become pedestrians when we park and get out of our cars. As people head into shows they must be protected from traffic as they cross streets. Theaters must provide traffic control. Parking lots should be free of potholes that can trip people. Parking decks should have safe stairwells that aren’t crumbling and that don’t feature loose handrails. If you are injured in a city parking deck, you may be able to hold the City of Stockton fully responsible.
- Bathroom Floor Dangers – Bathrooms are busy places before, during, and after shows. Floors get very slick with the slightest amount of water on them. Soap only makes walking to a sink that much more dangerous. Leaking toilets and unmopped surfaces can cause a devastating fall.
- Dangers Created by Crowds – Quickly building crowds are another hazard that theater operators are supposed to have planned for and protect ticketholders from. People can get knocked over, have their feet trampled, and suffer even worse when too many people are on the move. They invite thousands of people in to make as much money as possible. They also owe ticketholders protection from these risks.
- Other Hazards – Victims might come into contact with exposed wiring. They might have something fall on them from above the concert hall. A metal section of a seat may be sharp and cause a deep cut. These dangers should be the full responsibility of the concert venue.
Can I Ask for Injury Compensation If I Signed a Waiver of Liability?
Yes. Waiver forms may protect concert venues from certain types of common hazards expected with events with large crowds. However, theaters are responsible for the accidents that arise from their own lack of action, care, and planning.
You sign a liability waiver form when you purchase any concert ticket. It’s included as you agree to “terms and conditions.” They don’t make it very clear what you are agreeing to, and those waivers don’t mean theater operators are blameless in every situation.
Your lawyer would collect evidence showing that an accident caused by the theater’s mistakes went well above the common risks associated with public events. Your Stockton personal injury lawyer would be demanding full compensation despite any liability waiver you unknowingly signed.
What Type of Things Can Earn Compensation After an Injury Suffered at a Concert?
After an accident, you’ll help your attorney create a full list of the hardships that you and your family have endured. This list includes damages that are economic and non-economic. You should receive support for both.
The theater owners and operators should be responsible for every damage caused. Yet, if you leave something off of your claim, it’ll become an expense that you’d have to cover out of your own pocket.
You must alert the insurance company of every hardship you’ve endured and any recovery costs that might pop up in the years ahead.
Your attorney will include some financial hardships you’ve faced that you may not have thought of:
- Hospital and medical expenses now and any expected in the future.
- Costs associated with a permanent physical disability such as medical equipment and renovations at home and at work. Potential costs for education to learn a new career.
- Emotional and physical distress. The physical pain you experience and the anxiety and depression that may follow a traumatic incident.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Travel expenses. Money spent getting to appointments and seeing specialists that may be far away. This could be a great expense while you are on crutches or in a wheelchair.
- Income and benefits you’ve forfeited while missing work.
- Damage to personal items.
Contact a Stockton Theater Accident Lawyer
After a serious injury suffered during a concert, please rely on an experienced Stockton personal injury lawyer to handle your case and protect what’s important to you.
Take advantage of a free case consultation with Maison Law. This case evaluation comes with no obligation to you or your family. If you decide we can help you secure more from venue owners or a concert promoter, you won’t need any money to hire us. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you, then our fee comes out of the settlement those at fault must pay.
