If you or a loved one sustained injuries due to a hazardous condition on someone else’s property, you may have a premises liability claim for recovering compensation for your damages.

You shouldn’t be responsible for expenses incurred from an accident that wasn’t your fault. We offer valuable legal advice regarding how to proceed with your case to secure a financial settlement for your losses.

Contact Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys at (727) 933-0015 to have an experienced St. Petersburg premises liability attorney listen to your story or schedule a free case evaluation now.

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Why Choose Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys?

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Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys of St. Petersburg, Florida, prides itself on establishing trust with clients by treating them as individuals rather than case numbers.

We value people over profits and seek justice for unfairly injured parties. Our attorneys understand that each premises liability claim is unique to individual circumstances and are here to create a tailored legal strategy based on your best interests.

Legal services include free and confidential case evaluations and a thorough investigation to establish liability and prove negligence. Our firm comprehensively values your claim’s actual damages (financial and intangible losses) before negotiating with liable parties for maximum compensation.

Tailored Legal Strategies

Every premises liability case is unique, and we believe in providing personalized legal representation based on your circumstances and case specifics.

Whether you suffered toxic exposure or injuries from a slip and fall, our legal team will take the time to listen with compassion, identify case strengths and weaknesses, and formulate the best legal recourse for recovering compensation after sustaining injuries in a premises liability incident.

Free and Confidential Case Evaluations

We understand the financial and emotional toll of injury caused by someone else’s negligence. Seeking legal assistance may overwhelm you, between mountains of medical bills, missed work, and pain and suffering.

However, Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys happily offers free and confidential case evaluations to make the process run smoothly.

During our initial consultation, we’ll review your case, answer any questions, and provide an honest evaluation before advising you of your legal options.

We operate within contingency arrangements—so there are no upfront or out-of-pocket expenses, and you pay nothing unless we win your premises liability case. You have nothing to lose.

Establishing Liability 

Property owners, whether public, residential, or commercial, are usually liable for injuries and compensatory damages following an accident. Premises liability holds them legally responsible for keeping their properties safe from hazardous conditions.

Premises liability can be complex because it involves proving that the property owner knew or should have known about an unsafe condition on the premises and failed to address it promptly.

In some cases, premises liability law may hold other parties liable, such as:

  • Residential and commercial landlords
  • Residential and commercial tenants
  • Property managers and property management companies
  • Maintenance companies 
  • Construction companies 

Don’t stress the unknown. You need to prioritize recovery. A St. Petersburg premises liability lawyer on our team will thoroughly investigate liability to identify all parties and maximize your compensation claim.

Proving Negligence

Our premise liability lawyers demonstrate the four elements of negligence essential to premise liability claims and lawsuits: duty of care, breach of duty, causation, and damages.

That means showing how the property owner breached their reasonable duty to keep their premises safe, causing injuries and actual damages, like medical bills and income losses. The duty that a property owner owes to a visitor depends on their status.

There are three primary categories of visitors:

  • Invitees: People invited onto the property to conduct business, such as customers shopping at a mall, doing business at a bank, or receiving medical treatments, are owed the highest reasonable duty of care from property owners.
  • Licensees: Individuals visiting a friend or invited onto a property for social reasons are owed a reasonable duty of care to a lesser degree—meaning homeowners aren’t necessarily responsible for investigating and addressing potential hidden hazards.
  • Trespassers: People not permitted to enter the property or who have entered without permission are trespassing and owed the least duty of care. Most of the time, property owners owe them nothing. However, they are not permitted to cause intentional harm to trespassers.

Establishing negligence in premises liability claims for insurance companies—or judges and juries when cases require litigation—is necessary for securing substantial settlements.

Our legal team will clearly and concisely present the property owner’s or other party’s negligence to cement liability and your right to financial compensation.

Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys provides legal services to the greater Tampa Bay area. Our offices are located in St. Petersburg on the corner of Seventh Avenue North and Seventh Street North, just north of Millennium Youth Park at:

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700 7th Ave N, Suite B,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Let Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys earn your trust by seeing, hearing, and valuing you as an individual. Let’s work together to discover a winning legal strategy for your premises liability case.

How Much Is My Premises Liability Case Worth?

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How much compensation you receive for a premises liability case involves many factors, including the severity of your injuries, medical treatment costs, and long-term care needs.

Premises liability settlements consist of economic and non-economic damages due to injuries sustained in the accident. Our lawyers will calculate economic loss while establishing the extent of non-economic or intangible loss before valuing those damages.

Examples of economic and non-economic damages you may recover compensation for in a premises liability case are as follows:

  • Healthcare Costs: Your medical expenses due to injuries from your incident are recoverable economic damages. Healthcare costs include hospitalizations, surgeries, imaging, primary care, physical therapy, orthopedics, and other rehabilitation services. They also entail prescriptions, copays, and deductibles. Future or long-term medical care may also be calculated when relevant.
  • Lost Earnings: Income losses from missing work are calculated economic losses, including lost income, overtime, benefits, and non-salary compensation, such as tips, commissions, and bonuses. When injuries prevent you from working to work at full capacity (or at all), we work with vocational experts to determine your diminished earning capacity or future earnings.
  • Property Damages: We can calculate replacement costs if you experience property damage. Common property damages include cell phones, watches, clothing, and glasses. However, other property is recoverable. For example, suppose a slip and fall destroyed a bag of groceries. Our lawyers will include the costs to replace them in your economic damage total.
  • Disability Expenses: In addition to compensation for life-altering injuries, such as spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries, you can recover economic damages associated with permanent impairments and disability. These include costs for replacing or modifying a vehicle for wheelchair accessibility. Home mobility modifications, such as ramps, lifts, and widened doorways, are also recoverable. 
  • Household Services: When injuries prevent or limit your ability to perform daily tasks, you may require help with household services. Our team will fight for your right to recover relevant costs, such as childcare, housecleaning, yard maintenance, and help with grocery shopping and prescription pickup or delivery services.
  • Pain and Suffering: Significant non-economic damage factored into premises liability settlements is the pain and suffering endured by the victim. It includes the physical pain and emotional distress you undergo following your accident due to injuries and the impact they have on your daily life. They may also involve psychological trauma, such as anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys can help ensure proper documentation of these damages that are considerably more challenging to prove.
  • Loss of Consortium: Loss of consortium is the loss of a relationship’s benefits to severe injury or wrongful death. It seeks damages for the loss of companionship, physical intimacy, affection, love, guidance, and domestic services. In Florida, spouses and domestic partners can file for this damage. Children and parents can file for a loss of consortium when losing a loved one as a result of premises liability and wrongful death.
  • Loss of Enjoyment of Life: Another non-economic damage considered when injuries are severe is a loss of enjoyment in life. It refers to the inability to enjoy activities, hobbies, or experiences that previously brought you joy. For example, if you were an avid bowler who can no longer bowl or a golfer who can no longer swing a golf club—our attorneys will fight to compensate for these intangible losses.

Families seeking justice after losing a loved one in a premises liability accident resulting in wrongful death can secure compensation for the decedent’s losses and their own.

For example, we can file a claim to recover final medical expenses and pain and suffering your loved one suffered before passing, and compensation for your pain and suffering and economic losses, such as funeral and burial costs.

Our team may also help establish a loss of inheritance based on your relationship to the decedent or according to their will.

Types of Premises Liability Accidents 

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The leading premises liability incidents are slip and fall accidents, accounting for over one million emergency room visits annually. They can happen anywhere and are frequently caused by wet floors, unmarked spills, exposed wires, loose carpets, uneven surfaces, broken sidewalks, potholes, and large cracks in the pavement. 

Other premises liability accidents our firm confidently represents include: 

Premise liability accidents frequently occur in homes, shopping malls, sports stadiums, banks, hospitals, hotels, grocery stores, and parking lots in St. Petersburg.

Our legal team will visit and document the incident scene to ensure prompt evidence collection and preservation before it is lost or destroyed. When applicable, we will gather video surveillance from security cameras capturing your premises liability accident and the hazardous condition that caused it.

Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys Will Fight for Your Right to Compensation

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The biggest challenge with filing compensation claims and lawsuits is dealing with liable insurance companies. They search for any way they can negate partial or total liability of claims to maximize company profits.

Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys will handle all communications with liable insurance companies to ensure you cannot fall victim to their many unfavorable tactics.

Methods they use to undervalue and deny insurance claims include:

  • Misrepresenting insurance policies to confuse claimants
  • Insisting on excessive documentation that is unnecessary and meant to delay the claims process
  • Contesting the need for medical treatments, procedures, and their associated costs
  • Pressuring claimants to provide recorded statements so that they may say something they may use to downplay or deny injuries
  • Requesting access to medical records so they can look for previous injuries or conditions they can blame current symptoms on

Our lawyers don’t tolerate these shenanigans and will protect you from them. We will fight for your right to receive fair compensation for the financial hardships your injuries and damages caused, as well as intangible losses such as pain and suffering and loss of consortium.

When insurance companies use bad faith tactics to intimidate you or violate the no-contact imposed when you retain our services, we will file the necessary actions to ensure appropriate discipline and additional compensation.

What to Do After a Premises Liability Accident in St. Petersburg

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Assuming you’ve already undergone a medical evaluation and begun treatment for your injuries, there are several other steps to take following a premises liability accident.

The next step is speaking to an experienced premises liability attorney on our team. We will immediately notify insurers of our representation to alleviate that stress so you can focus on recovery.

You’ll also want to:

  • Maintain medical and rehabilitation appointments 
  • Follow your doctor’s instructions (limitations and restrictions)
  • Write down a detailed accounting of the incident
  • Keep a detailed and daily journal documenting pain and suffering
  • Keep copies of all paperwork demonstrating financial losses

Avoid posting to social media accounts following an accident, especially regarding injuries and legal strategy. If you insist on posting, you risk insurance companies using posts to undervalue or deny your claim. Keep all accounts private and avoid accepting friend requests from strangers.

Consult a St. Petersburg Premises Liability Lawyer Now

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You should always call a premises liability attorney when you have a claim. Speak to an experienced lawyer with Lopez Accident Injury Attorneys at (727) 933-0015 to discuss your premises liability case and start to secure a settlement for your losses today.

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