Important Premises Liability Case Questions

1. Important Premises Liability Case Questions

2. Premises liability cases arise when a guest is injured on another person’s property, most often happening at someone’s home or place of business. When you are a guest at a business or someone’s home, you deserve to be protected from dangerous conditions and you deserve to be compensated when a landowner or business’s negligence results in your injuries on their property.

3. Pennsylvania Premises Liability Law A property owner/occupier/manager owes a duty of care to keep his or her guests’ safe from dangers on his or her property. When a dangerous condition exists that a landowner knew about or should have known about, and he or she failed to remediate the danger or warn the guest about the dangerous condition and as a result, the guest is injured, the owner breached his or her duty of care and the guest has a premises liability action.

4. Important Premises Liability Case Questions The following questions are important in premises liability cases relating to the duty owed, breach of duty, and possible defenses: Why was the guest on the property? Was he or she a social guest, there to conduct business, or a trespasser? ❖ Was there a dangerous condition on the property that the landowner knew about? ❖ If upon reasonable inspection of the property, should the landowner have discovered the dangerous condition? ❖ Was the dangerous condition open and obvious? ❖ Did the landowner warn its guests about the dangerous condition? ❖ Was the dangerous condition unduly burdensome to repair or remediate? ❖

5. Premises Liability and Trespassers In Pennsylvania, landowners have little to no duty of care to trespassers depending on the scenario. In most cases, landowners are only liable if they are guilty of wanton or willful negligence or misconduct, however, the duty of care may be elevated if a trespasser is discovered and tolerated by the landowner.

6. Hire An Attorney If you have suffered serious injuries due to the negligence of another person or company, contact a Pittsburgh premises liability lawyer Jonathan M. Stewart at SMT Legal. You have a right to try to fully collect compensation for your medical bills, pain & suffering, lost time at work and other damages. Jonathan M. Stewart

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