Medford Premise Liability Attorneys

A lot of personal injury law (“tort” law) boils down to legal “recipes.” If you have all the ingredients, you have a case – the wrongdoer is liable for a tort. If an element is missing, you have no case – no tort.

The legal recipe revolves around these basic ingredients:

Who was the victim? (e.g., child, blind person, guest, customer, trespasser, etc.)

Was the thing/condition that caused injury unreasonably dangerous?

Did the owner (or possessor) know about it?

If not, should they have known about it?

If so, did they try to make it safe?

Did they try hard enough?

How obvious was the danger?

Some examples of viable premises liability injury cases:

Oregon Premise Liability Accident Attorneys• WD-40 on the floor of the department store to help slide pallets (one of our cases).

• A pool with no gate where children often frequented (this resulted in a child’s death).

• “That weak spot” in the front porch (our client fractured her leg in one of these).

• Booby traps: Like when a landowner strung barbed wire to “keep those kids off my lawn!” (This was a case we handled – idiot property owner).

• An unlit ATM machine where robberies have already taken place (bank may be liable).

It’s crucial to compile photos, witnesses, and any other proof immediately because the condition that caused the injury may be fixed the next day.

Insurance companies are skilled at ambushing injury victims. For example, an out-of-state tire vendor poorly stacked a dozen truck tires in a store. The stack fell and broke a man’s back. The man did all he could to heal but was left walking bent over at the waist; he lost his job, his home, his health, and his bright future. Through underhanded tricks in court, the insurance company cut his case in half. The man left the court room bent from his injuries, and broken in spirit knowing he’d just lost his one chance to get a fair shake. Don’t let this kind of abuse happen to you.

Reed Law Firm has handled numerous property injury cases (premises liability, slip and fall cases) and won many of them. Put our personal injury experience on your side to help get you back on your feet, cover your medical bills, and maintain your credit.

If you’ve suffered a property-related injury, Reed Law Firm can help level your playing field. We stand against the insurance companies. We know their weaknesses from an insider’s vantage point. They have in-house lawyers working full-time against personal injury victims like you. You need someone on your side who knows how they work. Click About Us.

Call us now at (541)772-3266 for a FREE initial phone consultation with a [location] Property Injury Lawyer.

 

BEWARE — POSSIBLE SHORT-DEADLINE ALERT: If your landlord owned or controlled the property containing the unreasonably dangerous condition where you got hurt, then you have a shorter than normal deadline–usually within one year–to avail yourself of additional advantages under the law (the Oregon Landlord-Tenant Act). There are exceptions that can extend that deadline, but don’t take the risk. File your notice early!*

ALSO: If the property owner/occupier/controller was a governmental entity, then you would likewise have a much shorter deadline than normal (180 days!). Consult with us to protect your rights or they could be lost automatically.*