Los Angeles Area Premises Liability Attorneys
The most common premises liability case is a slop or trip and fall accident. These injuries most commonly occur at restaurants, supermarkets, and shopping malls. However, the fact that you become injured from a slip, trip, or fall does not necessarily mean that someone else is legally responsible for your injury. Each case turns on whether the property owner acted carefully so that slipping or tripping was not likely to happen, and whether you were careless in not seeing or avoiding the condition that caused your fall.
Slip and Fall Accidents
If you slipped because of liquid, food or other conditions that made a floor slippery, you must prove the following to hold the property owner responsible and have a premises liability case:
- The property owners caused the unsafe condition and the subsequent slip and fall accident (by not cleaning up a spill, warn pedestrians of a wet floor, etc)
- The property owner knew about the condition but failed to correct the dangerous condition (by not cleaning the spill, posting a sign, etc)
- The property owner should have known about the dangerous condition, because a "reasonable" person would have found the problem and taken steps to prevent injuries caused by the slip and fall accident.
We have won damages when owners were lax in maintaining the premises in a reasonably safe condition or their employees made mistakes in maintaining the premises.
Trip and Fall Accidents
In hindsight, you might think that you should have seen the hazard that made you trip. Most likely, other people have tripped over the same obstacle but were lucky enough to escape injury or others were injured but the owner failed to fix the problem. Property owners can be liable if the tripping hazard is a building code violation, if they created the dangerous condition, or if they knew or should have known about a safety issue and failed to correct it:
- An unexpected step-up or step-down
- Potholes or raised or cracked sidewalks
- Merchandise on the floor, electrical cords or other tripping hazards
- Torn carpet, broken steps and other poor maintenance
Do You Have a Case?
The lawyers at Russakow, Ryan & Johnson have prevailed in numerous trip and fall cases, even in cases where other attorneys have declined the case. We have secured substantial settlements and verdicts in slip/trip and fall cases across greater Los Angeles, winning compensation for people with serious and permanent injuries.
The facts of your case, a prompt investigation to preserve evidence, and the skill of your attorney can make or break your claim for damages. If you believe the negligence of a business or property owner caused your accident, contact us immediately at 866-674-7061 so that we can document the dangerous condition and interview any witnesses. We offer a free case evaluation, serving the Los Angeles area with offices in Pasadena and Ontario, California. We have Spanish speakers on staff.
