Maison Law is committed to helping victims hurt in falls and other accidents in their apartment communities. When an accident is caused by a landlord’s negligence, our Turlock lawyers fight to hold them accountable. Contact a skilled Slip-And-Fall attorney and schedule a free consultation. It’s a no-risk way to determine what your injury is worth and how to hold a negligent property owner responsible.
Turlock Apartment Community Dangers
Apartment living is a great option for many in Turlock. Landlords provide a place to live and various amenities in exchange for your monthly rent payment. But they owe you more than just handing you the front door key.
Turlock landlords and apartment management companies must show their tenants and their visitors a “duty of care.” It means doing everything possible to prevent accidents from occurring that could leave residents with painful injuries. This duty is laid out under California’s premises liability civil laws.
These are just a few of the types of risks that a landlord can be liable for:
- Pool hazards. This includes the most tragic of accidents, a drowning. Property owners must make sure safety features are present. They must repair drain problems that might put swimmers at risk. They must have proper gates, locks, and barriers to prevent people, especially children, from gaining access to unattended or closed pools.
- Stairwell fall hazards. Loose railing, debris, or puddles left on steps. Steps that are rotting or crumbling. Elevator hazards.
- Slip-and-fall hazards. Puddles and spilled drinks allowed to sit where people walk creating fall risk.
- Trip-And-Fall hazards. Debris on sidewalks and left on walkways, potholes in parking lots, broken sidewalks.
- Exposed wiring causing electrical hazards.
- Exposure to harmful substances like asbestos, lead, carbon monoxide, or concentrated pool chemicals.
- Defective products in the apartment. Appliances and heaters installed by your landlord or an installation crew that hurt you or your child. This could include a leaking water heater or a gas hook-up.
- Negligent security violations. Leaving parking lots and breezeways unlit, creating opportunities for criminals. A lack of security guards and functioning security cameras. Broken door locks. The victims of robbery and assault could file claims against a landlord.
- Dog bite hazards after a tenant is allowed to keep a dog that has a history of aggressiveness and/or biting. Hazards in apartment complex off-leash dog parks. The dog owner and the apartment complex may both be accountable.
- Fall-from-height hazards a fall out of an unsecured window could leave you or a family member with blunt force trauma. A fall from a second or third floor due to a loose railing might also leave a landlord fully responsible for not fixing it.
When a landlord is negligent in monitoring for hazards and removing them and you are hurt, you are empowered to seek full compensation for your medical costs and whatever it takes to rebuild your life. Unfortunately, landlords and their insurance providers won’t just hand over support. They do everything they can to avoid having to admit fault. It’s often up to a skilled Turlock personal injury lawyer to gather the evidence necessary to force insurance companies to do the right thing.
Why Should I Contact a Lawyer After an Injury at My Apartment Complex?
An injury that results in only very harm, like scratches or bruises, may mean you do not need the help of a lawyer. But if you suffer a serious injury, such as a broken arm or a Traumatic Brain Injury, and a landlord’s negligence is to blame, you should speak to a lawyer. A Turlock Premises Liability Lawyer may be a necessary precaution to ensure you win the support needed to pay for a full recovery.
When insurance providers for a property owner or property management company see that medical costs will be high, they immediately go to work looking for ways to limit the compensation you’ll receive. Some apartment providers will also have the resources to pay corporate lawyers to fight your claim. They might try to blame you for a fall or cast doubt on how badly you are hurt. Your Maison Law attorney will aggressively block these unfair tactics and demand the maximum support for you and your family.
Compensation Available After an Accident in an Apartment Complex
Securing strong evidence will be the best way to secure full compensation for your recovery. Your lawyer will be investigating your accident as soon as you alert Maison Law of what’s happened. However, the best evidence will be on the scene of the incident, in the moments after it happened.
If you are feeling up to it, and the scene is safe, use your cellphone to get photos of the obstacle that caused you harm. This is critical because a landlord or property management company will likely be fixing or removing a hazard as soon as you leave for the hospital. You should get contact information from any witnesses. And before you leave, make sure the apartment managers know about what happened and let them fill out an incident report.
Once your lawyer has secured all evidence available and talked with witnesses, your lawyer will be filing an injury claim. All of your injury hardships will be included so the insurance company knows what they are expected to cover.
These and other factors should all earn compensation in an apartment Slip-And-Fall settlement check:
- Hospital and medical expenses.
- Costs associated with a permanent physical disability such as medical equipment, and renovations at home and 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 and injury.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Travel expenses. Money spent getting to appointments and seeing specialists that may be far away.
- Income and benefits you’ve forfeited while missing work.
- Damage to personal items.
- Wrongful death benefits. Support for families who lose a loved one in a tragic apartment complex accident.
Contact a Turlock Apartment Accident Attorney
After an injury, avoid talking to insurance providers or lawyers for the landlord before you’ve spoken with a Maison Law representative. You should never allow insurance adjusters to determine how much you should receive in a slip-and-fall settlement check.
Contact Maison Law’s Turlock Apartment Accident Lawyers for a free, no-obligation accident consultation. It’s a no-risk way to find out how much your injury is worth and what benefits you should demand. Allow your Maison Law attorney to handle the frustrating claims process while you focus on healing.
If you need a helping hand to get more for your injury, you won’t need any upfront money to hire Maison Law. Our attorneys don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement an insurance company must pay you.
