Premises liability claims require that the victim prove that the property owner was negligent, and that’s why they got injured. Just because you got injured while on another person’s property, that does not mean that the property or business owner is at fault, when it comes to premises liability cases, you not only have to prove that the conditions were not safe, but also that the owner of the property did know or should have known about the situation and yet failed to do anything to fix the issue.
While we’ve already listed some of the most common claims filed by premises liability victims, it is worth noting that since each case is different, how property owners are held liable differs. For instance, dog bite injuries might occur because the dog’s owner failed to secure their pet even though they know that the animal is aggressive. A swimming pool owner could be held responsible for the drowning of another person if they failed to keep their pool secure by installing a fence around it as per local ordinances.