Los Angeles Premises Liability Attorneys

These premises liability cases arise in a variety of contexts. The knowledgeable Los Angeles premises liability attorneys of Taylor & Ring have many years of experience representing customers, visitors and patrons who were severely injured by a property owner’s carelessness. We have recovered millions for injury victims through jury and settlement awards, including:

• $3 million verdict for a 10-year-old boy injured by a dangerous fire pit in a park
• $1.65 million settlement for a group of college students when a deck collapsed during a party
• $1.75 million settlement for a woman struck by a car while walking along a dangerous driveway at a medical center
• $1.5 million settlement for the family of a young man who died in a fall in his apartment from a second-story walkway
• $1 million settlement for a woman who slipped and fell while walking down a dangerously step driveway

Premises liability can arise from many scenarios

Most people think that premises liability claims are limited to trip-and-fall or slip-and-fall cases. While these incidents make up the most common type of premises liability case, there are many other contexts in which property owners can be held responsible for injuries from dangerous property conditions, such as:

• Inadequate security. Owners have a responsibility to maintain their properties in a secure manner, which includes efforts to prevent criminal activity. Nightclubs and apartment complexes are two locations where an owner may be held liable for injurious criminal activity if adequate security measures are not taken.
• Property construction. Construction to property can often create hidden dangers that visitors may not immediately notice. It is the owner's responsibility to provide visitors with notice and warnings regarding these dangers.
• Dangerous work activities. Particularly on industrial and construction sites, employees may engage in working activities that create risks for other persons located on or near the property.
• Hidden electrical lines. When contractors are invited onto a property to perform work, the owner should inform these workers of any risks that are not immediately obvious. This includes electrical lines that may be hidden by trees on the property.
• Product stacking. If retail location owners allow employees to stack products in an unstable and risky manner, they can be held liable if those products fall and cause injury. Large warehouse stores are particularly vulnerable to these types of premises liability claims.
• Water injuries. Owners of pool and other water facilities have a duty to protect visitors from injury. If a victim drowns or experiences a severe injury in or around a pool, the owner may be held liable.