Law Offices of Tim D. Wright - Glendale Premises Liability Lawyer

Unsafe conditions like faulty wiring, improperly 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 the people they hire. Employees are there to serve and sometimes, even protect people who 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 provide these safe environments.

You can readily 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 resulted in your injury and neglected to take timely, reasonable actions 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 Glendale premises liability lawyer.

Premises Liability Claims in California

When you work with Tim D. Wright, we will carefully review 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 took place. Generally, the matters that we will focus on include:

• Duty-- Did you legally visit the property? For example, were you a customer at a store, a guest at a hotel or a social guest at someone'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 measures to protect you from any dangerous 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 dangerous 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 injury because of the failure of the property owner or occupier to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you must 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 attempt to avoid liability. For example, the owner or occupant may claim that you were a trespasser or suggest that you suffered 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 various circumstances. Some of the most common premises liability cases that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These incidents typically occur because of wet and slippery floors, poor lighting, damaged and uneven sidewalks, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy walkways and parking lots. In addition, many falls occur due to defects such as broken 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, expose tenants and their visitors to harm when they fail to perform regular inspections and remedy issues such as mold buildup, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Usually, their carelessness 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 occur 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 workers without an adequate criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings can occur if a property owner or occupier neglects to properly maintain a pool and features such as slides and diving boards. 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 acquire maximum compensation for you in your premises liability claim. We understand how hazardous 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 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 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 reject or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Glendale Premises Liability Attorneys are Prepared to Help You

At 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 other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also frequently consult with experts who help us to determine exactly how a hazardous property condition caused an accident. A big 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.

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For more information about Premise Liability and Personal Injury Lawyers in Glendale, California, contact Law Offices of Tim D. Wright at (323) 379-9995 or visit our website at​​ TimWrightLaw.com for a Free Consultation.