Mendez and Sanchez - Premises Liability Lawyer in Alhambra, California

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Hazardous conditions like faulty wiring, improperly stacked merchandise and loose carpeting cause accidents leading to serious injury. Businesses and property owners have an important responsibility to create safe environments for their customers and visitors. This also includes walkways and parking lots, along with the people they employ. Employees are there to serve and sometimes, even protect people who go to their places of business. The attorneys at Mendez & Sanchez, are experienced in the legal responsibilities and liabilities of businesses or organizations that fail to offer these safe environments.

You can readily sustain 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 dangerous condition or activity that resulted in your injury and failed to take timely, reasonable steps to protect you from it, you might be qualified to recover full compensation for all damage you have suffered. You should immediately get help from an experienced Alhambra premises liability lawyer.

Premises Liability Claims in California

When you consult with Mendez & Sanchez, we will thoroughly assess the facts of your claim. We will identify and pursue all of your legal options against the owner or occupant of the property where your injury occurred. Generally, the matters that we will focus on include:

• Duty-- Did you legally visit the property? For instance, were you a customer at a store, a guest at a hotel or a social guest at a person'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 practical measures to protect you from any hazardous 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 fix the hazardous condition in a reasonable, timely manner or, at 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 sustained, or did something else-- possibly your own actions-- cause the injuries?
• Damages-- Did you suffer actual harm due to the failure of the property owner or occupier to fulfill the duty owed to you? This means that you need to 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 claim that you suffered injuries because you walked into an "open and obvious" hazard. The attorneys at Mendez & Sanchez, 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 many different circumstances. Some of the most common premises liability claims that our law firm handles include:

• Slip and falls-- These accidents usually happen because of wet and slippery floors, bad lighting, broken and uneven sidewalks, torn or frayed carpeting and icy or snowy walkways and parking lots. Additionally, a lot of falls occur because of defects such as damaged stairways or handrails.
• Falling objects-- Many individuals suffer injuries when improperly stacked merchandise falls from store shelves or when workers drop tools, equipment and materials at construction sites.
• Contamination-- Landlords, particularly, subject tenants and their visitors to harm when they neglect to conduct routine inspections and remedy concerns such as mold buildup, lead paint, carbon monoxide or gas leaks. Usually, their neglect violates local building codes.
• Escalator and elevator accidents-- These incidents typically occur when building owners or tenants neglect to regularly 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 guests from known security risks, or they hire employees without an adequate criminal background check.
• Swimming pool accidents-- Drownings and near-drownings may occur if a property owner or occupier 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 protect against the foreseeable risk of an accident.

Compensation In a California Premises Liability Lawsuit

Our goal at Mendez & Sanchez, will be to secure maximum compensation for you in your premises liability claim. We know how hazardous property conditions can cause people to sustain severe, 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
• Emotional 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 occupant (or its insurance provider) to blame you for your injuries and reject or reduce the amount of your claim.

Our Alhambra Premises Liability Lawyers Are Prepared to Help You

At Mendez & Sanchez, we will move quickly to investigate your claim. We work with experienced 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 figure out how a hazardous property condition caused an accident. A major part of our investigation may involve locating 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 PREMISE LIABILITY AND PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS IN ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA, ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY TO TAKE YOUR CALL. FOR A FREE CONSULTATION, CALL US OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE.