Premises Liability

North Carolina Premises Liability Law Firm

Premises liability deals with claims involving personal injury while on someone else's property. Common premises liability claims include slip and fall injuries, dog bites, criminal assaults and unsafe buildings. Although the types of claims can differ, the theory of liability is usually based on the failure of the property owner or property manager to provide a safe and secure place for the guest on the property. As a result, it is important to show that the property owner or property manager was negligent by failing to provide premises free of hazards or to provide adequate security to protect persons from foreseeable criminal activity.

The lawyers of Warren & Kallianos have handled a large number of premises liability claims involving significant injury to their clients including, among others:

• Shooting of a client in the parking lot of a bank resulting in paraplegia
• Wrongful death of a client who was stabbed while on the premises of a local cab company
• Shooting of a client who resided in a trailer park where the landowner failed to evict a tenant who had previously threatened neighbors in the area.
• Rape and physical assault of a client who was a patron of a motel
• Rape and physical assault of a client who was a tenant in an apartment building
• Rape and physical assault of a client in a warehouse
• Physical beating of client who was a guest of a motel
• Severe fracture of client who slipped on black ice in a parking garage
• Severe fracture of client who slipped on spilled substance in a grocery store.
• Dog attack of postal worker resulting in facial disfigurement

North Carolina, like most states, does not follow the law of strict liability in premises liability cases. In other words, the fact that you may have been injured on someone else's property does not automatically allow you to receive compensation for your injuries. Rather, you need to establish that the property owner or property manager was aware of a hazardous condition, failed to take reasonable steps to remedy the hazardous condition, and the failure to do so resulted in your personal injury.

As a result, it is important in any premises liability case to immediately investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding the incident. Whether it be obtaining photographs or videotape of the premises or accident scene, locating and interviewing witnesses, or obtaining statistical crime data, the law firm of Warren & Kallianos can immediately assist you in the handling of your premises liability claim.

If someone's negligence allowed you to be injured, contact our experienced premises liability attorneys to schedule a FREE CONSULTATION .