The legal category for injuries that occur on private, public, or even government property is called premises liability.
In short, the property owner owes guests and invited visitors, which can span from friends in private residences and shoppers inside a mall to diners in restaurants and those conducting business inside city departments, a duty of care.
Simply put, they must maintain premises that are free from unsafe or defective conditions.
When they know, or should have known, that their building, store, or office contained dangerous circumstances, yet did nothing about it, the injury victim may be eligible to pursue a premises liability claim under our Colorado personal injury laws.