North Hollywood Premises Liability Lawyer

Hazardous conditions like faulty wiring, poorly stacked merchandise and loose carpeting cause accidents resulting in major injury. Businesses and property owners have a vital responsibility to create safe environments for their customers and visitors. This also includes walkways and parking lots, in addition to the people they hire. Employees are there to serve and sometimes, even protect individuals who go to their places of business. The attorneys at Drake Law Firm, are experienced in the legal responsibilities and liabilities of businesses or organizations that fail to offer these safe conditions.

You can easily suffer injury through no fault of your own when you visit 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 caused your injury and failed to take timely, reasonable steps to protect you from it, you may be eligible to recover full compensation for all harm you have suffered. You should immediately get help from an experienced North Hollywood premises liability lawyer.

Premises Liability Claims in California

When you consult with Drake Law Firm, we will thoroughly review the facts of your case. We will determine and pursue all of your legal options against the owner or occupier of the property where your injury occurred. Typically, the issues that we will concentrate on include:

• Duty-- Did you legally visit the property? For instance, were you a customer at a store, a visitor at a hotel or a social guest at a person's residence? If so, the property owner or occupier owed a duty to exercise ordinary care to ensure that the property was safe for you. In other words, the owner or occupant needed to take practical measures to protect you from any hazardous condition on the property that the owner or occupant 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 occupant fail to repair the hazardous condition in a reasonable, timely manner or, at 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 carelessness of the owner or occupant contribute to the injuries that you suffered, 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 occupier to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you have to prove that you suffered genuine physical, psychological and/or financial harm.

It is always important to look at the ways a property owner or occupant will try to avoid liability. For instance, the owner or occupier might claim that you were a trespasser or suggest that you suffered injuries because you walked into an "open and obvious" hazard. The lawyers at Drake Law Firm, will be prepared to take on those issues and protect your right to full and fair compensation.

Types of Premises Liability Claims in California

A premises liability claim can emerge in various circumstances. Some of the most common premises liability claims that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These accidents often happen due to wet and slippery floors, bad lighting, broken and uneven walkways, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy walkways and parking lots. In addition, many falls occur due to defects such as damaged stairs or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals sustain injuries when poorly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when employees drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, in particular, subject tenants and their visitors to harm when they fail to perform routine inspections and remedy issues such as mold accumulation, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Usually, their neglect violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These incidents often occur when building owners or tenants fail to routinely inspect and maintain elevators and escalators in stores, shopping centers and office complexes.
• Negligent security-- Many assaults take place in shopping centers, office buildings, apartments, hotels and motels because property owners and managers fail to protect visitors from known security hazards, or they hire employees without a sufficient criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings might occur if a property owner or occupant fails to properly 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 understand how dangerous property conditions can cause individuals to suffer serious, 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 wages (including lost future earning capacity)
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress
• Wrongful death damages (if you lost your loved one)
• Punitive damages

We will determine all sources of compensation for you and aggressively challenge any attempts by the property owner or occupier (or its insurance company) to blame you for your injuries and deny or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our North Hollywood Premises Liability Lawyers Are Prepared to Help You

At Drake Law Firm, we will move quickly to investigate your case. We work with skilled investigators that can document the scene of your accident, talk with witnesses and locate other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also regularly consult with experts that help us to determine how a hazardous property condition caused an accident. A big part of our investigation may involve locating the identity of the property owner or person who was otherwise in control of the premises where you or a loved one was injured.

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 a Premises Liability Lawyer in North Hollywood, 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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