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(314) 500-HURTIf you or someone you love were seriously hurt on someone else’s property, you deserve a full financial recovery. Call the St. Louis, MO personal injury lawyers of Burger Law at (314) 500-HURT or fill out our online form for justice and maximum compensation.
If you were injured through no fault of your own in St. Louis, MO, learn what the value of your claim may be by using our free personal injury calculator.
If you were injured by a dangerous property condition, get medical attention right away. Then, speak to Burger Law. Our firm has over 30 years of litigation experience holding negligent people in St. Louis, MO responsible for their actions. You did nothing to deserve being injured, but with our dedicated team and extraordinary level of legal advocacy, you can be made whole again. The decision to hire a premises liability lawyer is an important one; you only have one chance to get the best possible compensation for your accident. You deserve it, and we will demand that you receive it. Over our 30 years of practice, we have gotten more than $200 million in verdicts and settlements for the injured in a wide range of personal injury cases. Let us work for your financial recovery so you can focus on your physical recovery. Call a Burger Law St. Louis, MO premises liability lawyer today at (314) 500-HURT for a free consultation.
To ensure you get full compensation, you need to put your case in the capable hands of a premises liability lawyer who has earned the respect of the St. Louis, MO legal community and knows how to get results. In order to gauge the abilities of an injury law firm, you need to look at their previous victories, and their reputation among their clients and peers. The many awards, honors and accolades Burger Law has received from our peers include:
A premises liability lawyer can say just about anything, but having a demonstrated track record of success is another matter entirely. Some of our recent premises liability case victories include:
Pursuant to Missouri Revised Statute §537.348, “possessors” of a property, meaning whoever owns it or controls it generally have a duty of care to take reasonable precautions to protect visitors from dangerous conditions on their property. This can include performing consistent inspections to identify and correct any hazards, and providing adequate warning of any known dangers.
Examples of a known hazard can include:
The extent of the duty the property owner or manager owes you is based on why you were on the property. Missouri law differentiates between three types of visitors:
Invitees are people that are on the premises for business purposes, for example diners at a restaurant or people who go to a sporting event. Because invitees are are on the property for the possessor’s financial benefit, property owners and manager owe them the highest duty of care.
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In Harris v Niehaus (857 S.W.2d 222, 225 (Mo. banc 1993)), the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a property owner or manager has a duty to protect invitees from both known risks and ones that they should know about through reasonable diligence.
People on public land, such as libraries or parks, are also considered invitees.
A licensee is someone who is allowed to be on the premises, but either for their own benefit or the benefit of neither. Common examples include social guests, a utility company working on your property, someone you let hunt on your property for free or someone who goes into a restaurant only to use the bathroom. In Wells v. Goforth (443 S.W.2d 155 (Mo. 1969)), the Missouri Court of Appeals decided that possessors only have to address any risks they had knowledge of. Their duty of care to licensees does not include regular inspections or due diligence.
A trespasser is someone who enters a premises against a possessor’s wishes. Because the the trespasser is not supposed to be on the property, Missouri Revised Statute §537.351 states that owners and managers do not have a duty of care to trespassers, with some exceptions:
Typically, if you are invited or allowed to be on a property, you have to act as the possessor would have intended to seek compensation. If you jump from an elevated surface and hurt yourself, you likely do not have a claim.
If you are unclear about whether the possessor of the property owed you a duty of care and were negligent, your experienced premises liability lawyer with Burger Law will answer any questions you may have for free. Speak to a premises liability lawyer in St. Louis, MO about your claim now at (314) 500-HURT or complete online form.
Not every injury on somebody else’s property results in a valid premises liability claim. To make a valid claim, your St. Louis, MO premises liability lawyer must be able to prove that you were injured due to a dangerous condition on a property, that the person or group you are bringing the claim against was responsible for keeping the property safe, and that they were negligent in keeping you safe from that danger. In order to prove your premises liability claim, you need to prove:
You can show that the possessor knew of the dangerous condition through employee depositions or by discovering previous complaints made about the hazard. In 1998, Dennis Emery sued Wal Mart Stores Inc. (Emery v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 976 S.W.2d 439 (1998) after he fell because of spilled pet food. A Wal-Mart employee testified to the high frequency of pet food spills at the store, proving that Wal-Mart was aware of the dangerous condition.
Premises liability claims are vigorously defended against by Missouri insurance companies. They may try to blame you for your injuries, or say that the property owner or manager did not owe you a duty of care. A talented premises liability lawyer in St. Louis, MO like those at Burger Law will not let that happen. If you have any doubts about whether or not you should seek compensation, call a premises liability lawyer now at (314) 500-HURT.
If you sustained a premises liability injury, there are things you should do to ensure both your physical and financial recovery:
Most people who come to us have never had to seek compensation for an injury before, and are not sure how to proceed, or even how to know which lawyer to hire. Fortunately, we have literally written the book on the essential questions for a personal injury claim, which you can download at no cost below.
We also offer numerous other free resources on our website.
At Burger Law, we have gotten great results in a variety of premises liability claims in St. Louis, MO, including:
If you were sustained a premises liability injury, you deserve to be compensated, no matter where or how the accident happened. Never believe an insurance adjuster or property owner when they say they do not have to pay you.
When you file an injury claim through your premises liability lawyer, you take the first step in being made whole again. As somebody injured through no fault of your own, you deserve compensation, referred to as damages. You are eligible for both economic and non-economic damages:
Your St. Louis, MO premises liability lawyer will help you collect any of the following damages that apply to your case:
As your premises liability lawyer, our job is to stand up for you get you the full compensation you are owed after you have been injured one someone else’s property. We are here to fight back against the tricks insurance companies use to minimize claims and insist on nothing but the true monetary value of your injuries.
A common defense tactic in premises liability claims is that your injuries are somehow your fault; you should have paid closer attention, or you were behaving recklessly. While your premises liability lawyer will defend you against against this claim, in some cases it may be true that you contributed to your injuries.
Under Missouri Revised Statute §537.765, Missouri law has adopted the principle of “comparative negligence“. That means you can still recover if you were partially to blame, but the amount will be reduced by the percentage of fault you share.
For example, if your damages total to $100,000, but you were 30 percent at fault, you you can recover $70,000.
In addition to premises liability, other claims we take on in St. Louis, MO include:
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While a premises liability claim may not garner the kind of attention as a high-speed car accident, it can still result in devastating injuries that have a great effect on your mental, physical and financial health. You do not deserve to be in this situation, but you do not have to go through this alone. Your Burger Law St. Louis, MO premises liability lawyer will stand by your side and fight for you for as long as it takes. Call Burger Law today at (314) 500-HURT or fill out our online form for a free consultation and to start on your journey to being made whole again.
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