Premises Liability in Bakersfield, CA

Bakersfield Premises Liability Attorney

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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 at times, even protect individuals that go to their places of business. The lawyers 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 readily 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 caused your injury and failed to take timely, practical 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 Bakersfield premises liability attorney.

Premises Liability Claims in California

When you work with Tim D. Wright, we will carefully examine the facts of your case. 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 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 ensure that the property was safe for you. In other words, the owner or occupant needed to take practical steps 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 occupant neglect to fix the hazardous condition in a reasonable, timely way 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 carelessness of the owner or occupant contribute to the injuries that you sustained, or did something else-- possibly your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual harm 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 show that you suffered real physical, emotional and/or financial harm.

It is always important to consider the ways a property owner or occupier will try to avoid liability. For instance, the owner or occupant 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 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 various situations. Some of the most common premises liability cases that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These incidents typically occur due to wet and slippery floors, poor lighting, broken and uneven walkways, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy sidewalks and parking lots. Additionally, many falls occur due to defects such as damaged stairs or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals suffer injuries when poorly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when employees drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, particularly, subject tenants and their guests to harm when they neglect to perform routine inspections and remedy concerns such as mold buildup, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Often, their oversight violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These incidents often occur when building owners or tenants neglect 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 risks, or they hire workers without an adequate criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings might occur if a property owner or occupant fails 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 Claim

Our goal at Tim D. Wright, will be to secure maximum compensation for you in your premises liability case. We know how dangerous property conditions can cause individuals to sustain serious, 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 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 provider) to blame you for your injuries and deny or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Bakersfield Premises Liability Attorneys Are Ready to Help You

At Tim D. Wright, we will move quickly to investigate your claim. We work with experienced investigators that can document the scene of your accident, talk with witnesses and locate various other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also regularly consult with experts who help us to figure out exactly how a dangerous property condition caused an accident. A major part of our investigation might 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.