Premise Liability in Ontario, CA

Ontario Premises Liability Lawyer

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, in addition to individuals they employ. Workers are there to serve and at times, even protect people who visit their places of business. The lawyers at the Law Offices of Tim D. Wright, are experienced in the legal responsibilities and liabilities of companies or organizations that fail to provide these safe conditions.

You can easily sustain 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 occupier of the property knew of a hazardous condition or activity that resulted in your injury and neglected to take timely, reasonable steps to protect you from it, you might be qualified to recover full compensation for all damage you have suffered. You should immediately get help from an experienced Ontario premises liability lawyer.

Premises Liability Claims in California

When you consult with the Law Offices of Tim D. Wright, we will thoroughly examine 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. Generally, the issues that we will concentrate on include:

• Duty-- Did you lawfully visit the property? For example, were you a customer at a store, a visitor at a hotel or a social guest at a person's home? If so, the property owner or occupier owed a duty to exercise ordinary care to make sure that the property was safe for you. In other words, the owner or occupier needed to take reasonable steps 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 neglect to repair the hazardous condition in a reasonable, timely manner or, at the very 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 occupier contribute to the injuries that you sustained, or did something else-- possibly your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual injury as a result 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, emotional and/or financial harm.

It is always important to look at the ways a property owner or occupant 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 the Law Offices of Tim D. Wright, will be ready to address those issues and protect your right to full and fair compensation.

Types of Premises Liability Claims in California

A premises liability claim can arise in many different circumstances. A few of the most common premises liability cases that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These accidents usually occur because of wet and slippery floors, bad lighting, damaged and uneven walkways, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy walkways and parking lots. Additionally, a lot of falls occur because of defects such as broken stairways or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals sustain injuries when poorly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when workers drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, in particular, expose tenants and their guests to harm when they neglect to conduct regular inspections and remedy concerns such as mold accumulation, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Often, their oversight violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These accidents typically occur when building owners or tenants neglect to routinely inspect and maintain elevators and escalators in stores, shopping centers and office complexes.
• Negligent security-- Numerous assaults take place in shopping centers, office buildings, apartments, hotels and motels because property owners and managers fail to protect visitors from known security risks, or they hire workers without a sufficient criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings may occur if a property owner or occupier neglects to adequately 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 prevent the foreseeable risk of an accident.

Compensation in a California Premises Liability Lawsuit

Our goal at the Law Offices of 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 suffer 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 costs
• Lost income (including lost future earning capacity)
• Pain and suffering
• Psychological 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 provider) to blame you for your injuries and deny or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Ontario Premises Liability Attorneys Are Ready to Help You

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