Your Trusted Personal Injury Lawyers in Waterford, CT
Owning property comes with important responsibilities to ensure the safety of others. Premises liability law defines these responsibilities and allows anyone injured by a property owner’s negligence to seek compensation. If you suffered injury as a result of such negligence, an experienced New London premises liability lawyer here at Polito & Harrington LLC could help. Our personal injury attorneys are local and ready to advocate on your behalf.
As an attorney could explain, New London property owners are responsible for maintaining their property in a reasonably safe condition for their guests, visitors, tenants, and customers.
If you are on the premises legally, the owner or manager owes you a duty of care. If you are trespassing, however, their duty of care reduces. In this case, they must not harm you on purpose or set traps to intentionally injure you.
If a child enters the property without permission, the law applies differently. Attractive nuisance is the term for a property feature that is likely to attract children and potentially injure them. A common example is a swimming pool. Under these circumstances, property owners must take the necessary precautions to prevent foreseeable harm.
Successful premises liability claims generally depend on several key factors.
Property owners have a responsibility toward their lawful visitors under premises liability law.
Negligence is the failure to take reasonable steps to keep the premises safe. This generally means taking the same precautions that other reasonable property owners would take under similar circumstances.
The property owner’s negligence must directly cause the hazardous condition that injured you. For example, if a store manager knows—or should know—about a spill in an aisle but does not clean it up, their negligence is the direct cause of the slip and fall that injured you.
You must show that you suffered legally compensable damages from your injury. Your losses could be:
Our New London lawyers could explain in more detail the key factors that determine a successful claim and how we could hold a property owner accountable for their negligence toward you.
Premises liability claims vary, but many involve hazards such as:
Our New London attorneys are ready to advise you on building your injury claim to hold the building owner responsible for your losses.
A dedicated New London premises liability lawyer at Polito & Harrington LLC could pursue full compensation for your losses. Your claim is important to your recovery. Do not delay in contacting us online or calling us today.
We are committed to provide personalized attention to each and every client’s case – no matter how large or small– because that is each client’s only case. We are proud of our firm’s reputation of combining integrity and compassion with an unflinching dedication to getting the right result. We will do what we say.
