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Property owners have a duty to keep their property safe for those entering it. If something happens to you because the owner was negligent in maintaining or overseeing their property, they are liable for your injuries. If you sustained an injury due to a property owner or manager’s negligence, a Montgomery commercial property liability lawyer could help you get the compensation you deserve. When you come to the Law Office of Dwayne L. Brown, our premises liability attorney could review your case and help you gather the evidence you need to prove your claim.
When you enter a commercial property, you become an invitee. Property owners have certain responsibilities towards invitees that they do not owe to others, such as those who trespass on a property, and are liable for hazards they know about or should have known about. To protect invitees, property owners must keep the property free of known hazards by either fixing them or restricting access to those areas that they cannot repair immediately.
For instance, grocery stores will sometimes have debris or liquids on the floor. Owners have a duty to ensure there is regular maintenance so that this does not accumulate and cause slip hazards. If you slip and injure yourself, the liability may rest on the person who failed to clean the area as well as the store owner. A knowledgeable lawyer in Montgomery could help prove who is liable on a commercial property and pursue compensation on your behalf.
To prove a premises liability case, you first must show that the owner owed you a duty. This is easy to show because commercial property owners have a duty to all lawful entrants into their buildings. Next, you must demonstrate that the owner breached that duty in some way.
In the grocery store example, stores should have regular cleaning schedules and checklists showing when employees clean the floors and have emergency procedures for major spills. An attorney may request those records to see if the owner or manager was maintaining the schedule or if employees were skipping their regular duties.
You must also show that the breach caused your injury. If you slip due to a spill, you must show that it was there because of the lack of regular cleaning. For example, if the spill happened ten seconds before you slipped on it, the store may not be liable. However, if the spill had been there for half an hour, and the employees should have cleaned the aisle by then, an attorney in Montgomery could help prove that the store has clear commercial property liability.
If you have suffered a serious injury, you may not have the time or energy to focus on calling store managers or gathering evidence. Our attorney at the Law Office of Dwayne L. Brown has been helping injured people in the community for 31 years and knows what evidence you need to begin your insurance claim and how to ask commercial property owners to preserve evidence.
When you work with our firm, your initial consultation is free, you pay nothing unless we win your case, and you can contact us at any time of the day for an update with unparalleled access to your dedicated paralegal and Attorney Brown. Call Dwayne Brown, a Montgomery commercial property liability lawyer, today for an appointment to discuss your claim.
