When someone suffers an injury on a certain premises or property, the owner of that property is often considered responsible. Depending on whether the injured person was a trespasser, a business visitor, or a social guest, the premises owner will be held liable to different standards of duty for ensuring safety.
Plaintiff Designations in Premises Liability Cases – Invitee, Licensee, and Trespasser
In cases related to premises liability, premises owners are often held responsible for injuries that happen on their own properties. There are certain legal steps a premises owner or operator must take in warning others of any dangers located on the property, whether the other person has been invited, has chosen to enter the premises (as with a public business), or is trespassing. If a property owner is at all aware that another person has stepped foot on the premises, the owner is required by law to warn the visitor of any potentially unsafe conditions.
Premises Liability
When someone is injured on a certain property, the owner or operator of that property may be held responsible for the injury, according to “premises liability.” If any injured person wants to receive compensation for injuries, he or she must prove to a court that the property owner was somehow responsible for a property having dangerous conditions (no handrails, uneven sidewalk, etc.) and failed to warn the visitor of these conditions. An experienced attorney can help prove that a property owner’s negligence directly caused injury to another person.