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Premises Liability
 Premise liability covers all situations in which you are injured due to negligent conditions on another individual’s property. Some of these include amusement park tragedies, and structural defects in bridges, roofs, decks, elevators, and staircases. They also include slip & fall accidents and construction site injuries.
Slip and Fall Accidents
A slip and fall accident typically involves a situation where a person is injured by slipping, tripping and falling due to a dangerous condition. It can take place anywhere, and can result from bad flooring, wet floors, poorly lighted steps, weather-related conditions, hidden defects, icy patches, accumulation of snow, sidewalk cracks, or potholes.
While many people, including insurance defense lawyers, tend to make light of these accidents, the consequences can be severe. Serious injuries, such as head, brain, or spinal cord injuries, herniated or bulging discs, fractures, broken bones, neck, shoulder, knee or back injuries, and muscle and ligament problems can occur.
The attorneys at PKP law firm handle slip and fall cases that are typically caused by:
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Broken or dangerous stairs/stairwells or landing areas |
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Dangerous sidewalks (with or without cracks) and potholes |
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Defective, inadequate, or inoperative lighting |
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Failure to warn of hazardous or dangerous conditions |
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Failure to correct hazardous or dangerous conditions |
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Slippery or wet floors |
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Tenant slip, trip and fall injuries caused by landlord negligence |
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Ice and snow on sidewalks or in parking lots |
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Oil in a parking lot |
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Any other slipping/tripping hazard |
Construction Site Injuries
 Like most American workers, construction industry employees are legally entitled to a workplace free of hazards & foreseeable accidents under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Unfortunately, workplace injury in construction still runs higher than the national average.The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in 2004, construction had the second highest number of workplace fatalities in the country, and accounted for an above-average number of days lost to illness or injury.
Employers are barred from covering up workplace hazards, or retaliating against an employee who reports such a hazard. While the law does not allow workers to sue their employers while they collect workers' compensation benefits, injured construction employees are more likely to have a case because construction work typically involves multiple contractors.
Claims can be filed on behalf of construction workers, pedestrians, or others involved or injured by:
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Electric shock |
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Collapses |
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Compressed gas |
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Welding |
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Scaffolding falls |
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 Fires |
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Boilers |
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Explosions |
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Backhoes |
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