Falls on Properties

“Premises Liability” is a legal term of art, that like so many terms we lawyers use, can leave a person wondering what it even means.

When we say we are “premises liability” lawyers, we mean that we help people who are injured as a result of a property owner or manger doing something wrong. People and companies who own and manage properties in Illinois have a duty to see that their property is safe. People get hurt when they fail to do so.

We have successfully pursued cases on behalf of people who were injured at properties as a result of:

•  Slips and falls where owners/managers failed to timely identify the presence of
  liquid on the floor;
• Trips and falls where owners/managers knew about dangerous defects and failed to timely remedy them;
• Slips on ice where snow and ice removal and control contractors improperly performed their job;
• Falling in areas that contained hidden, dangerous conditions;
• Being harmed by criminals because of inadequate security; and
• Many others.

These cases are difficult. The law protects owners/managers of properties for conditions that a judge may say are “open or obvious” or “de minimus.” I have personally been retained by injury lawyers who focus their practice in other areas (medical malpractice, FELA, dog bites, and so on) because of my education, training, experience, and success in this arena of law.