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Premises Liability
When someone is hurt by a dangerous condition on a property, the case is usually decided by records rather than by how badly they were injured. The question is what the owner knew about the condition, how long it had been that way, and what was or was not done about it. That history exists in complaints, work orders, and inspection logs, and getting it takes moving before the condition is repaired and the file is closed.
Cases we handle:
- Slip, trip, and fall injuries in buildings, stores, and common areas
- Snow and ice accidents on walkways, entrances, and parking areas
- Sidewalk and walkway defects, including raised flags and open gaps
- Stairway falls, including defective treads and missing handrails
- Ceiling, wall, and structural collapses
- Assaults on poorly secured property
- Elevator and escalator injuries
- Swimming pool and drowning incidents
- Fires, burns, and injuries caused by blocked or locked exits
- Lead paint exposure and other apartment condition injuries
- Falling objects, merchandise, and unsecured fixtures
- Inadequate lighting in stairwells, garages, and walkways
- Unguarded openings and missing barriers
- Injuries on public housing, school, and municipal property
- Construction and renovation hazards affecting tenants and passersby
We build the history of the condition.
The usual response is that the owner had no idea the problem existed. We answer that with documents rather than argument. Prior complaints, work orders, repair invoices, inspection logs, porter and maintenance schedules, tenant correspondence, and municipal violation records establish that the problem was known and left alone. Where the condition came from the owner’s own repair or design choices, who created it matters more than who eventually heard about it, so we trace that too.
We identify everyone responsible for the space.
These cases rarely have a single defendant. One location can involve a property owner, a managing agent, a commercial tenant obligated to maintain its own area, a cleaning contractor, a snow removal vendor, a security company, and a maintenance contractor, each with separate insurance. Leases and service contracts assign those duties, so we obtain those agreements early rather than guessing at who was responsible.
We move on the video and the condition immediately.
Retail and residential camera systems overwrite on cycles measured in days or weeks, and the condition itself gets repaired promptly once someone is hurt on it. We send preservation demands identifying the specific cameras and time windows, and we arrange inspection, measurement, and photographs before the repair. A fixed condition can still be proven, but it is far easier when someone measured it while it existed.
We determine who owns the ground you were hurt on.
This is less obvious than it sounds. A sidewalk, plaza, entrance, or parking area that appears to belong to a private building may be the responsibility of a public agency, or of a tenant, or of a contractor working there. When a public agency is involved there are early filing requirements measured in weeks, so we settle ownership at the outset rather than after a deadline has passed.
Do not wait for the repair.
Photograph the condition, note the exact location and date, and call before the owner fixes it and the footage cycles out. Both of those happen quickly, and they happen in every case.
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