Landlords, innkeepers, storekeepers and individuals have a duty to keep their premises in good condition for the safety of permitted users. They may also have a duty to protect you from the criminal actions of third parties while you are present on those premises.

Some premises owners, such as innkeepers, owe a higher duty of care to guests than do other potential defendants making a recovery more likely. As an example, Delano Law Offices, P.C. recovered against a motel when a guest was beaten, robbed and left bound in a stairway. Another successful recovery involved the attempted theft of a hotel guest's purse while she was crossing the parking lot. In that case the thief, who was never apprehended, slashed her arm to cut her purse strap severing muscles, nerves and tendons.

A more unusual example of a heightened duty of care was based upon the successful argument of Delano Law Offices, P.C. that the operator of a Ferris Wheel in an amusement park was a common carrier. In that case a moblie crane used to erect rides was left parked on a hillside and a prankster apparently released the brakes allowing it to roll down hill into the Ferris Wheel thus injuring our client.

Delano Law Offices, P.C. has attorneys experienced in identifying potential defendants and causes of action. "It hasn't been done that way before" is never cause to fail to pursue a novel cause of action for our clients.

For further information, please contact us at
(217) 544-2703.