Property Owner Liabilities
Dangerous property can lead to accidents. Every year thousands of Phoenix personal injury cases are filed against hazardous property owners.
Reasons for dangerous property include poor construction and design, faulty building materials, absent repair and inspection and even just simple clutter. Such Phoenix personal injury cases are called premise liability cases.
Every owner or occupier of property has a legal duty to anyone who enters the property. Accidents take place at a residence which includes a rental property or private home, on public property such as a street, park sidewalk, government building or bus. In addition such accidents take place most frequently on commercial premises including stores, offices or other places of business which the public frequents.
Suppose someone is visiting a friend in her apartment building and trips on a broken piece of tile in the entry way area. It is the owner of the building that is most likely liable for the injuries of the visitor. This is because the owner has a responsibility to fix broken tiles promptly so people do not trip over them and as a result receive injuries.
An on the job employee who has been injured at work must make a worker's compensation claim instead of a Phoenix personal injury claim. However, if the employee is injured on someone else's premises other than her employer's while at work, the employee in this case has the right to file a regular claim against the owner of the premises in question.
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