Premise Liability in Beaumont, CA

Beaumont Premises Liability Attorney

Hazardous conditions like faulty wiring, poorly stacked merchandise and loose carpeting cause accidents leading to 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, along with individuals they employ. Workers are there to serve and at times, even protect individuals that go to their places of business. The attorneys at Tim D. Wright, are experienced in the legal responsibilities and liabilities of businesses or organizations that fail to offer these safe environments.

You can easily suffer injury through no fault of your own when you go to property such as a store, office building, motel or apartment complex. If the owner or occupant of the property knew of a dangerous condition or activity that caused your injury and neglected to take timely, practical steps to protect you from it, you might be qualified to recover full compensation for all harm you have suffered. You should immediately get help from an experienced Beaumont premises liability lawyer.

Premises Liability Cases in California

When you work with Tim D. Wright, we will thoroughly examine the facts of your claim. We will determine and pursue all of your legal options against the owner or occupant of the property where your injury occurred. Generally, the matters that we will focus on include:

• Duty-- Did you lawfully visit the property? For example, were you a customer at a store, a guest at a hotel or a social guest at a person's home? If so, the property owner or occupant owed a duty to exercise ordinary care to ensure that the property was safe for you. In other words, the owner or occupier needed to take reasonable measures to protect you from any hazardous condition on the property that the owner or occupier 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 occupier fail to repair the hazardous condition in a reasonable, timely way 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 negligence of the owner or occupant contribute to the injuries that you suffered, or did something else-- perhaps your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual harm as a result of the failure of the property owner or occupant to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you must prove that you suffered genuine physical, psychological and/or financial harm.

It is always important to consider the ways a property owner or occupier will attempt to avoid liability. For instance, the owner or occupier may claim that you were a trespasser or suggest that you sustained injuries because you walked into an "open and obvious" hazard. The attorneys at Tim D. Wright, 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 many different circumstances. Some of the most common premises liability claims that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These accidents typically happen due to wet and slippery floors, poor lighting, damaged and uneven sidewalks, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy sidewalks and parking lots. Additionally, a lot of falls occur because of defects such as damaged stairs or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals suffer injuries when improperly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when employees drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, in particular, subject occupants and their guests to harm when they neglect to perform regular inspections and remedy concerns such as mold accumulation, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Usually, their negligence violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These accidents often occur when building owners or tenants neglect to routinely inspect and maintain elevators and escalators in stores, shopping centers and office buildings.
• Negligent security-- Many assaults occur in shopping centers, office buildings, apartments, hotels and motels because property owners and managers fail to protect guests from known security risks, or they hire workers without an adequate criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings may occur if a property owner or occupier fails to properly maintain a 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 Lawsuit

Our goal at Tim D. Wright, will be to acquire maximum compensation for you in your premises liability claim. We know how dangerous property conditions can cause people to sustain severe, life-changing 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 income (including lost future earning capacity)
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress
• Wrongful death damages (if you lost your loved one)
• Punitive damages

We will identify 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 Beaumont Premises Liability Lawyers Are Ready to Help You

At Tim D. Wright, we will move quickly to investigate your claim. We work with experienced investigators who can document the scene of your accident, talk with witnesses and track down various other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also frequently consult with experts that help us to figure out how a hazardous property condition caused an accident. A major part of our investigation might involve locating the identity of the property owner or individual who was otherwise in control of the premises where you or a loved one was injured.

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