As a Metro Atlanta Premises Liability Lawyer, I know that property owners and businesses have a duty to maintain a safe environment for their guests and visitors. When someone is hurt on their property, liability may follow. The most common type of premises liability is the slip and fall case. Another is negligent security. The Law Office of Joseph P. McClelland, LLC represents clients injured in slip and fall cases in Atlanta, Decatur, Griffin, McDonough, Jackson, Monticello, Forsyth, Barnesville, Locust Grove, and Macon. See our page Decatur accident lawyers or maybe our page on McDonough personal injury lawyers.
Not all injuries on the property of another are recoverable under Georgia law. If you walked right into something in the middle of the floor that was obvious, you have a problem. The Open and Obvious doctrine may preclude you from being successful in court because a reasonable person would have seen it, and not hit it.
When you are hurt on the property of another, they usually will have a homeowner’s insurance policy. These homeowner’s insurance policies are much greater in dollar value than a normal car insurance policy. That means that if your injury is severe, then have have a higher likelihood of recovering full compensation for your injury.
Property owners are responsible for known dangerous problems. For example, if the steps going off the porch are broken and a guest slips, then a legitimate claim can be made. Now, the homeowner must have know about the dangerous condition or should have known about it.
As a personal injury lawyer, I see slip and fall cases in grocery stores all of the time. The reason why is because grocery stores have a high customer volume. Further, may of their items can leak or break causing fluids to remain on the floor. The store has a responsibility to reasonably check for this type of problem. Then, quickly clean it up.
Recovery for a slip and fall is similar to other personal injury claims. You can recover for lost wages, future lost wages, medical bills, future medical costs, pain and suffering, future loss of enjoyment of life, and your spouse may have a loss of consortium claim.
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If you need a Metro Atlanta premises liability lawyer for Atlanta, Decatur, Marietta, Stockbridge, Jonesboro, Morrow, Riverdale, McDonough, Griffin, Jackson, Monticello, Forsyth, or Macon, call us today. At the Law Office of Joseph P. McClelland, LLC , we are dedicated to getting our clients the help and compensation they deserve. If you need a Metro Atlanta Injury Lawyer, then call us today at 770-775-0938.
