Mendez and Sanchez - Premises Liability Attorney in Monterey Park, California

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Unsafe conditions like faulty wiring, improperly 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 individuals they employ. Workers are there to serve and sometimes, even protect people that visit their places of business. The attorneys at Mendez & Sanchez, 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 occupant of the property knew of a dangerous condition or activity that resulted in your injury and failed to take timely, reasonable steps 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 Monterey Park premises liability attorney.

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Premises Liability Claims in Monterey Park, California

When you work with Mendez & Sanchez, we will carefully examine the facts of your claim. We will identify and pursue all of your legal options against the owner or occupier of the property where your injury took place. Generally, the issues that we will focus on include:

• Duty-- Did you legally visit the property? For example, were you a customer at a store, a visitor 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 ensure that the property was safe for you. In other words, the owner or occupier needed to take practical measures to protect you from any dangerous 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 alert 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 occupier contribute to the injuries that you suffered, or did something else-- possibly your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual injury as a result of the failure of the property owner or occupant to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you have to show that you suffered genuine physical, psychological and/or financial harm.

It is always important to look at the ways a property owner or occupant will attempt to avoid liability. For instance, the owner or occupier may claim that you were a trespasser or claim that you sustained injuries because you walked into an "open and obvious" hazard. The lawyers at Mendez & Sanchez, will be ready to address those issues and protect your right to full and fair compensation.

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Types of Premises Liability Claims in California

A premises liability claim can arise in various situations. A few of the most common premises liability claims that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These accidents usually occur because of wet and slippery floors, poor lighting, damaged and uneven walkways, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy sidewalks and parking lots. Additionally, a lot of falls occur because of defects such as damaged stairs or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals suffer injuries when poorly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when workers drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, particularly, subject tenants and their guests to harm when they fail to perform regular inspections and remedy concerns such as mold buildup, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Usually, their carelessness violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These incidents typically occur when building owners or tenants fail to routinely inspect and maintain elevators and escalators in stores, shopping centers and office buildings.
• Negligent security-- Numerous assaults occur in shopping centers, office buildings, apartments, hotels and motels because property owners and managers fail to protect guests from known security hazards, or they hire employees without a sufficient criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings might occur if a property owner or occupant fails to properly maintain a swimming 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.

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Premises Liability Attorney in Monterey Park - Compensation & Claim

Our goal at Mendez & Sanchez, will be to secure maximum compensation for you in your premises liability case. We know how hazardous property conditions can cause people 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 expenses
• 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 identify 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 deny or reduce the amount of your claim.

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Our Premises Liability Lawyers in Monterey Park Are Prepared to Help You.

At Mendez & Sanchez, 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 track down other evidence such as surveillance camera footage. We also frequently consult with experts who help us to determine exactly how a dangerous property condition caused an accident. A big part of our investigation can involve tracking down the identity of the property owner or person that was otherwise in control of the premises where you or a loved one was injured.

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OUR MONTEREY PARK PERSONAL INJURY AND PREMISES LIABILITY LAWYERS ARE AVAILABLE 24-HOUR A DAY TO TAKE YOUR CALL. FOR A FREE CONSULTATION, CALL US OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE.