Property owners and occupiers have a legal duty to keep their premises reasonably safe for visitors. When they fail to do so, and someone is seriously injured as a result, they can be held legally accountable. Wood Legal fights for people injured on properties that should have been safe.
Under Pennsylvania law, a property owner’s duty depends in part on the visitor’s legal status on the property. Most injury claims arise where the injured person was a customer, guest, or other lawful visitor, in which case the property owner owes a duty to warn of, or fix, hazards that the owner knew about or reasonably should have known about through reasonable inspection.
To succeed on a slip and fall or premises liability claim, an injured person generally must show that a hazardous condition existed, that the property owner knew or should have known about it, and that the owner failed to address it within a reasonable time.
Property-related injuries often result from:
The firm’s founder, Attorney Peter C. Wood, Jr., is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an honor limited to attorneys who have recovered million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers qualify for membership.
That same track record of holding powerful, well-resourced defendants accountable applies to every premises liability case Wood Legal takes on.
If you were injured due to a hazardous property condition, you may be entitled to compensation for:
Property owners and their insurers often argue that a hazard was “open and obvious” or that you weren’t paying attention, shifting blame onto you rather than taking responsibility. When you work with Wood Legal, you get an experienced litigation attorney who knows how to investigate a property, document hazards, and build a case that holds negligent property owners accountable.
Contact us today for a free and confidential case evaluation. Pennsylvania law imposes strict time limits on filing a personal injury claim, so it’s important to act quickly to protect your rights.
