Do You Have a Premises Liability Claim?

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If you’re injured on the premises of another because of their negligence or a dangerous condition, you have a claim. My
name’s Gary Burger. I’m at Burger Law. So, whether you’re at a store, at a neighbor’s property, your friend’s property,
if there’s a dangerous condition of property that injures you and the defendant was negligent in having that there, you
have a premises liability claim for all of your damages.

So, if you have a hole in your neighbor’s property. They knew that was there for years and years. No one told you about
it. You’re walking through the yard and you injured yourself, then you have a claim if you break your leg. If you’re in
a store – we have this case right now – and someone spills a shake, it’s on video. No one cleans it up for an hour, and
your client comes and slips on it and needs a knee surgery, then you have a claim for all of your medical care, your
wage loss damages and then whatever pain and suffering and disability you have.

There are other types of premise
liability cases like this case we settled for a lot of money. It was a bad injury like one and a half million
dollars almost. These folks were injured when a deck, the deck at their home, the apartment they were renting collapsed
and injured both of them. It was written up in the Missouri Lawyers Weekly as a good settlement. So, there are those
types of injuries too when you rent property. As long as it’s not in your exclusive control, it’s in some control of
either in that case the owner as well as the condo association and the management company, if those folks are negligent,
causing you injury, then you have that claim as well.

There’s a wide variety of premises liability cases. We had another case where an ATV rider was riding along, hit a wire
strung between two trees and passed away and died. That claim was also written up in the Lawyers Weekly. So, there’s a
wide variety of premises liability claims, but the basic idea in the law is if it’s a dangerous
condition or property, the owner could have known – not should have known – could have known as the jury instruction
which I use many times and that you didn’t know or didn’t have a reasonable reason to know and you’re injured, you
should get a recovery, and many landowners have homeowners or other liability insurance to protect them.

If you have a premises liability question, call me, Gary Burger at (314) 542-2222 or
www.burgerlaw.com. Thank you.

Gary Burger

Founder | Injury Attorney
Gary Burger has dedicated his career to standing up against bullies. The founder and principal attorney of Burger Law | St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyer has helped hundreds of Missouri and Illinois individuals and families recover th …
Years of experience: 30 years
Location: St. Louis, MO

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