Virginia Premises Liability Lawyers

Virginia Premises Liability Lawyers

Have you suffered a serious injury when you were on someone else’s property? Being hurt because of someone else’s carelessness or negligence can feel very frustrating. A lot of things can change in your life because you are suffering a serious injury. It’s terrible to go through something like this unsure of what you can do for yourself. Our Virginia premises liability lawyers are here to show you how to get justice and to fight for you to get justice in the fullest possible amount. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to our office and set up a free consultation today. We want to bring you the results that you deserve. We will take your call personally, talk to you about your case, and get you set up for success. Schedule your free consultation today.

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Tips if You Were Hurt

We want you to know that feeling lost and helpless after being involved in an accident is very normal, as you’ve likely never had to deal with a premises liability case before. It can be extremely isolating and shocking to have to all of a sudden deal with being harmed while also dealing with a case. There are some things that you can do to better ensure the success of your case. Here is what we’d like you to know about your premises liability case.

The very first thing that you must do after you are injured is seek medical attention as soon as you possibly can. We want you to be in front of a doctor immediately after you have been harmed. That could be in an urgent care facility or the emergency room. If you don’t seek medical care as soon as you possibly can, the harm and injuries that you have right now can become worse and, in some cases, can become permanent. You also risk having the insurance companies on your case. In Virginia, certain laws allow the insurance companies to throw out your case for even the slightest missteps. It would be a tragedy that you miss out on justice simply because you didn’t seek medical attention right away.

When you have the help of Virginia premises liability lawyers during your case, you have a much better chance of ensuring that your case is successful. One of the most important things that you can do after you seek medical attention is make a call to our office as soon as you possibly can. You can call from the hospital bed, if need be. It is our job to get started on cases as soon as possible. We don’t want you to feel like you are alone in this mess and you deserve to have someone fighting for your rights to justice. The sooner that you reach out to us the better.

Defining Premises Liability

You might be wondering to yourself whether or not your case actually is going to be considered a premises liability matter. When we think about our daily routines, we expect our roads to be safe and our cars to be manufactured safely. You expect a certain level of standard of care when you go places, also. When you go to the gym, you expect that they don’t let just anyone in and they keep any back entrances secured so that, when you take a shower, criminals can’t just walk in and harm you. When you park on a ramp in the city late at night, you hope that the property owner took the proper safety precautions to keep it well-lit so that criminals don’t seek out that ramp for robberies and muggings etc. When you walk down the street, you hope that dog owners keep their animals contained and away from you so you don’t get harmed by that animal.

We expect to be kept safe, and you are owed that by property owners. Your health and safety should be a thought in their minds. Just as you think about a loose step on your porch and a faulty handrail on your deck, grocery store owners should be thinking about security in case of an attempted robbery and have cameras set up in their parking lots to deter theft.

When property owners are not up-to-date on certain safety precautions that would keep visitors safe from harm, then they can be liable for any harm that the visitors suffer. This can be injuries or even death that happens on their property. Our Virginia premises liability lawyers work diligently to hold these property owners responsible for the harm that they have caused in hopes that it happens to no one else after our clients.

If you were harmed at a store, hotel, shopping mall, ATM vestibule, apartment complex, student housing, office building etc., please contact us as soon as you possibly can to see about setting up a free consultation to discuss your potential premises liability case. If you believe that you were harmed due to an inadequate level of security and safety measures, our Virginia premises liability lawyers want to hear from you right away.

These cases can be tricky but we don’t want you to concern yourself with learning everything about premises liability law. We will always keep you well-informed throughout the process of your case. You will always be well informed without having to worry about the functions of litigating a case like this. We will push back against the insurance company to ensure that we hold the liable party’s feet to the flame. You deserve justice and you deserve lawyers who will fight diligently to make sure that you get this justice.

Who is at Fault?

When a case involves premises liability, you might wonder who you are going to bring your claim against. Who are you going to sue? If you were a victim of a violent crime in a grocery store parking lot, you might think that your lawsuit is going to be against the criminal. While you might be able to bring a claim against the criminal, it’s not going to be a civil lawsuit. That would be pressing charges against an individual. Premises liability works quite differently. You are declaring someone responsible for your harm in a premises liability case. The owner of the grocery store might be liable if they didn’t take the proper safety precautions to protect you from a criminal such as this.

Property owners are almost always going to be the liable party in a premises liability case. Sometimes, the person who physically harmed you it’s going to be impossible to find and that’s why you might prioritize a premises liability case in lieu of criminal charges. Our Virginia premises liability lawyers have the duty of proving that the property owner had ownership of this property when you were hurt on it. Then we must prove that their lack of action to keep you safe (such as security cameras in the parking lot or a proper lighting in a stairwell) was the reason that you were harmed.

We make it our duty to build a strong case against this liable party to better ensure the success of your case.

Getting Compensation 

Your justice is going to be in the form of a compensation award. These compensation awards are meant to accurately reflect all of the harm that you’ve had to face after being involved in an accident that could’ve been avoided. There are two main categories for compensation that we will aggressively fight to get for you. The first category is called economic damages and the second is called non-economic damages.

Economic damages are designed to help offset the costs incurred directly related to your injuries and damages suffered in this premises liability incident. If you were mugged and beaten and suffered a cracked jaw and also had your car stolen, there are several economic damages there. Perhaps you paid for an ambulance to take you to the emergency room. The emergency room bills are also covered in your economic damages. The car that you lost to theft is also an economic damage for you. If you had to miss work to recover from your injuries, those wages that you lost are economic damages, as well.

Non-economic damages have more to do with the emotional, mental, and physical effects that this incident has had on you. If you suffer a psychological trauma after being assaulted, that can be considered a non-economic damage. All of the pain and suffering that you’ve had to endure is also going to be included in your compensation award. Any loss in your quality of life will also be included. These are harder damages to figure out the value of because no one has a set cost for psychological trauma after being assaulted. Our Virginia premises liability lawyers will fight diligently to ensure that your results are full and fair.

Call Our Virginia Premises Liability Lawyers

If you have suffered serious injuries because of mistakes that property owners have made, we hope that you reach out to us as soon as you possibly can. Our Virginia premises liability lawyers are dedicated to bringing knowledgeable and fierce representation to our community to ensure that their rights to justice are fully protected. Don’t hesitate to reach out to us, as the sooner you reach out to us, the better off your case will be. Call today to get started on getting justice and set up your free consultation with us as soon as possible.