Maison Law represents the victims of accidents that occur while staying at a California Clarion Hotel. Our personal injury lawyers demand compensation for injured victims when hotel owners are negligent in their duty to keep guests safe from danger. We provide a free, no-obligation consultation for all victims and their families. Contact us to set up a confidential case review.
Do I Need a Lawyer After an Accident at a Hotel?
If you are seriously hurt in an accident caused by the negligence of Clarion Inn owners and operators, it’s a wise idea to speak to a lawyer about your options. After an injury like a broken ankle or a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), your medical care could be very expensive. These rising costs should never be your responsibility. The protection of a California hotel accident lawyer may be a necessary precaution to ensure you secure the support needed to pay for a full recovery.
When insurance providers for hotel chains like Clarion Hotels get involved, they’ll attempt to blame you for your accident or try to downplay your injury. If you don’t have a lawyer watching the insurer’s every move, they can get away with offering you far less than you need to get back on your feet. Your lawyer gets aggressive and demands every benefit available so you can rebuild your life.
What Type of Accident Risks Are There at a Clarion Hotel?
There are several Clarion Hotels and Inns across the state, many in the Bay Area. You may stay at a Clarion on your next road trip. The owners owe you a clean, comfortable room, but they must also make sure each step you take is absolutely safe.
Hotels can emphasize safety for guests, but with a lot of foot traffic, mistakes can happen. Hotel staff can ignore hazards in rooms and lobbies and leave visitors vulnerable to injury. Other guests can also create hazards. Hotel managers and staff are supposed to monitor for these dangers and clean them up or repair them in a reasonable amount of time. When they don’t, the hotel can be held liable for any accidents that occur under California’s premises liability laws.
These are just a few of the risks Clarion could be responsible for:
- Slip-and-Fall and Trip-and-Fall Accidents – A puddle left on the lobby floor or garbage left outside a room could cause someone to tumble and suffer a broken bone or head trauma.
- Stairwell Hazards – Stairs must be repaired when crumbling or broken. Their handrails must be secure before someone comes along to fall down the stairwell and suffer a devastating neck injury.
- Room Hazards – Guests can suffer burns due to contact with overheated water. They might take a shock injury from exposed wiring or a faulty outlet. A Carbon Monoxide (CO) leak poses a deadly risk to room occupants.
- Parking Lot Dangers – Potholes left unrepaired can cause someone to trip and fall forward to break facial bones or a kneecap. Hotels must also see that guests aren’t exposed to dangerous traffic hazards.
- Pool Hazards – Proper pool safety equipment should be provided and staff members should know what to do in case of emergency. Barriers should be in place and security should be posted to keep children out of pools when they are closed. Guests might also be placed in jeopardy by exposure to the overuse of pool chemicals.
- Bug and Virus Hazards – People can become sick after a bed bug bite. Guests might also come down with an illness if a bathroom isn’t fully cleaned or bed sheets aren’t changed.
- Negligent Security – Hotel staff must warn you about a crime threat in the area. They must secure doors to stop unauthorized visitors from entering. Security cameras, lights, and alarms must be kept in working order. Security guards should be posted and trained properly. If you are the victim of an assault, the hotel can be held accountable.
Who Can I Sue If I’m Hurt at a Clarion Inn?
Clarion Hotels are part of the hotel conglomerate owned by Choice Hotels. The company also runs Comfort Inn, Quality Inn, and Radisson Hotels. They operate hotels across the world and should support guests when they are hurt by the negligence of one of their employees.
Victims suffering an injury at any of their locations are empowered to file accident claims and demand help in paying hospital bills and assistance with other damages they endure.
But Choice Hotels is a massive company with the money to afford corporate lawyers. It’s a good idea to have a lawyer on your side who can fully investigate what happened. Your Maison Law representative would collect the evidence necessary to block any attempt by Choice Hotel to try to blame you for your accident. Then your attorney seeks the maximum in compensation available for your family.
How Can I Get Help Paying My Doctor Bills After an Accident at a Hotel?
You’ll need to have evidence in place to keep a hotel chain from wiggling out of responsibility. You’ll also have to be sure to file a claim that includes a list of every hardship you’ve suffered since the accident. Your lawyer will help with both tasks.
Your Maison Law representative seeks full compensation for the economic and non-economic damages you and your family have experienced. Your lawyer makes sure everything is brought to the attention of the commercial liability provider because anything left off is something the insurer can ignore. These factors wouldn’t earn you additional money in a settlement check.
Your lawyer makes sure these factors and more and considered and compensated:
- Hospital and medical expenses in the present and those expected in the months to come.
- Costs associated with a permanent physical disability such as future medical equipment needs, house upgrades, home care, and training for a new career.
- Physical pain. The devastating effects chronic pain can have on a patient over a lifetime and the cost of pain medication over months and years.
- Emotional Distress. The anxiety and depression that can follow a terrible accident and being unable to enjoy the freedoms the victim once had. Emotional distress may include the distress experienced by victims who must give up certain family activities and hobbies due to a serious injury.
- Paychecks lost while missing work.
- Travel costs. The expense of traveling to numerous doctor’s appointments. The expense of seeing out-of-city or out-of-state specialists.
- Personal property. Money to replace or fix any of your belongings that are damaged in your accident.
- Wrongful death benefits. Families can seek support for the future after a loved one has been tragically taken in a hotel accident. A spouse or children of the victim, and other close relatives, should ask for help with paying leftover medical costs and burial expenses. Close family members must also receive help in replacing the income the victim would have supported loved ones with.
Contact a California Hotel Accident Lawyer
After suffering a serious injury at a Clarion Inn, be sure to discuss your case with an experienced California hotel accident attorney. You should be able to focus on your recovery without worrying about the hospital bills piling up and the paychecks you’re missing while out of work.
Allow Maison Law to go to work on your case to secure the most compensation possible for your recovery. Contact us today for a free case evaluation to find out how we can assist you. There’s no obligation and your case review is completely confidential.
If you do feel we can help you secure more for your recovery, you won’t need any upfront money to hire Maison Law. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the money Clarion owners are forced to provide to you.
