Premises Liability Attorneys in St. Joseph, MO

Vigorously fighting for victims of premises liability accidents in Missouri

A lot of our day-to-day life is spent on another person’s property. Whether it be visiting a friend for coffee or going shopping. The moment you enter another person's property you may be in danger and the property owner should be the one who creates a safe environment. If there is a dangerous condition present on the property and an accident happens this can lead to a premises liability claim.

The track record for Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys speaks for itself. We have secured strong settlements and verdicts for victims of negligent property owners. Call our St. Joseph premises liability attorneys today if you have been the victim of a premises liability accident.

What are some examples of unsafe premises accidents in St. Joseph?

As we go about our day, there are several properties we will enter and this, in turn, means there are many ways we can be injured, including:

• Trips, slips, and falls
• Construction site hazards
• Negligent security
• Falling objects and other unsafe conditions
• Animal attacks

The truth is that an accident can happen in several ways that may not be listed here, and it is important to hold negligent parties responsible for their role. When you have a St. Joseph premises liability attorney fighting for you this becomes easier to do.

Why you were on the property matters

You may not think that the reason you were on the property makes a difference in a case, but it does. Personal injury cases are based on the fact that a party owes another party a duty of care. When it comes to premises liability, the duty that is owed to parties on the premises is different depending on what their role is. There are different types of people who enter properties such as:

• Licensees: These are people who are allowed to be on the premises but have not been invited for a business purpose.
• Invitees: When a person is explicitly invited onto the property, they are known as an invitee. In a restaurant or grocery store, this pertains to anyone who has entered the premises to use business services such as eating dinner or buying a product. This group of individuals is often owed the highest duty of care.
• Trespassers: Any person who has not been invited onto the property and has no business purpose would be considered a trespasser.

Essentially, property owners do not owe trespassers a duty of care except in an attractive nuisance case. These cases are very contentious because it means that the property owner had something on their property that attracted trespassers such as a swimming pool. Using the swimming pool as an example, if a neighboring child enters the property without the explicit consent or invitation of the homeowner and they are injured, the property owner can be held liable. It is important that property owners secure their premises especially when there is an attractive nuance present.

Premises liability cases can be a challenge because your St. Joseph premises liability attorney must work to prove that there was an unsafe condition that caused your injuries. Property owners will try to disprove this and will often say they were not aware of the dangerous situation or did not owe you a duty of care.