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Retail stores are responsible for ensuring a safe environment for their customers. When shoppers suffer injuries at a retail store, the store owner may be liable in a premises liability lawsuit.
Ehline Law and our personal injury attorneys have over a decade of experience representing victims of personal injury accidents, including retail store accidents.
Contact our Los Angeles retail store outlet accident attorneys if you suffered premises injuries in a retail store accident to learn more about your rights.
The following are the common causes of retail store accidents.
Slip and fall accidents are common in grocery stores but can also occur at retail outlets.
Uneven pavement, sidewalks, and even potholes are potential hazards for customers and other guests, causing them to trip and fall, leading to serious injuries.
Besides such hazards, employees must warn patrons about wet floors and other hazards inside the retail store to prevent accidents.
Some retail stores span vertically across a few levels, and they may have lifts, escalators, or stairwells to provide access to these levels. Inadequate lighting, broken handrails, or damaged steps are serious hazards that can cause patrons to fall and hurt themselves.
Poorly maintained escalators and elevators can lead to serious accidents. Lifts can collapse if not maintained, and patrons can get their clothes or limbs stuck in escalators, causing devastating injuries.
Retail stores attract robbers, and it is the store’s responsibility to ensure they have adequate security to ensure the safety of their patrons. Inadequate lighting in a parking lot at night can attract thieves or become a ground for late-night assaults.
Employees, when shelving items, must ensure that they properly stack the products so that it does not fall on the store customers. There have been many cases where merchandise falls onto a customer causing head and neck injuries.
During busy days, such as Thanksgiving sales, Christmas sales, and other sale events, hordes of people rush into the stores as soon as it opens, causing a human stampede. Fights break out over items among patrons while others suffer injuries as people trample over them.
Under premises liability, property owners must exercise reasonable care. Premises liability is a legal concept that says property owners or property managers have a duty to keep the property reasonably safe for people who come onto the property. This means that people injured on the property, whether social guests or customers at a business, can file a lawsuit to get compensation for their injuries.
Under California law, a property owner or the property occupant:
A property owner who does not keep their property reasonably safe or warn their guests of any dangers may be liable for any injuries sustained on their property.
In such situations, an injured victim can file a personal injury claim to recover compensation for the damages.
Premises liability claims break down into four critical elements that injured victims must prove to win their case, and these include:
Experienced personal injury lawyers, such as our experts, can help collect the relevant evidence to establish these critical elements of a premises liability case. This is what you deserve and expect after going through the terrifying experience of a bad accident.
Store owners cannot avoid liability simply by claiming they did not know about the danger or hazards. Property owners have the legal duty to exercise ordinary care in maintaining the property and any unsafe conditions.
Evidence that shows whether the property owner knew about the hazards or should’ve known include the following:
Dangerous conditions may vary depending on the type of store. For example, spilled liquids in a grocery store is a dangerous condition as it can lead to a grocery store slip and fall accident. The store is responsible for discovering dangerous conditions and warning customers about them.
In Los Angeles premises liability claims, injured victims can recover compensatory damages for their loss.
Generally, there are two categories of damages you can recover following an accident on someone else’s property, and these are special and general damages.
Every slip and fall accident or personal injury is unique, and the damages you may recover vary from one premises liability case to the other. It is important to speak to an experienced premises liability attorney following an accident to assess the damages incurred.
A personal injury attorney can help file a lawsuit properly within the state’s statute of limitations time frame. They can serve the complaint and summons to the defendant and complete all necessary court procedures to ensure the case proceeds to trial.
An attorney can help gather the relevant evidence to build your case. For example, suppose a person suffers grocery slip and fall injuries. In that case, a slip-and-fall accident lawyer can collect complaint reports, retrieve CCTV footage, record witness statements, and gather other evidence to strengthen the case.
Not all lawsuits proceed to trial, most settling outside of court. A skilled premises liability or slip and fall attorney has the negotiation skills to recover maximum compensation from the property owner’s insurance company, no matter where the fall occurred or how. Southern California is our stomping ground. And we win big through Greater Los Angeles County, CA!
If you suffered injuries in a retail store accident in Northern, Southern, or Central California, and it wasn’t your fault, contact us at (833) LETS-SUE for a swift, free consultation, as you may qualify for compensation. Don’t sleep on your rights. Speak to a caring, competent, and considerate award winner today!
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