Legal Insights

As a tenant in California, your landlord must ensure that your living space is safe and habitable for all. So what happens when a property owner refuses to uphold those basic requirements necessary to create a safe home? Knowing your rights as a tenant is essential to this end, particularly when a landlord neglects a …

Falling trees can wreak havoc on California homes, in addition to posing a very real threat of bodily injury. Unfortunately determining homeowner responsibility in these cases can prove difficult, according to the Washington Post. While most are under the impression that homeowners would be liable for any damage caused by trees falling from their property, …

Premises liability lawsuits are often thought of in regards to someone getting injured on someone else’s property due to a dangerous or hazardous condition. However, there are some situations in Orange County in which a dog presents that dangerous condition. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of injuries that …

In a situation where a customer slips and falls while on the premises of a retail store, and the fall results in compensable injury, the possibility for the victim to file a premises liability lawsuit against the storeowner exists. But to prove his or her case, what standard of care to ensuring the safety of …

It used to be that the expression “You can’t fight city hall” carried more weight than it does today. That was because of a long-standing legal doctrine known as “sovereign immunity,” which held that as a general rule it was difficult if not impossible to sue a government acting in that capacity, or a government …

As any parent knows, accidents happen. Unfortunately, accidents can happen when your child is at school. Some accidents are truly just accidents, such as your child tripping in the hall or bumping his head on a desk. But what if your child is injured because of a dangerous condition on the school property? Can a …

It can be tempting, when one considers the subject of premises liability, to think that the duty of care that extends to others on real property belongs to the owner of that property. But while it is true that a property owner does have a duty to maintain property in a reasonably safe condition, a …

A popular Orange County theme park has responded to customer lawsuits by initiating changes to its rides and facilities. When confronted by allegations of hazardous conditions, management of the park took immediate steps to repair or completely renovate the ride or area of the property where accidents and injuries could occur. Unfortunately, owners of a …

Generally under California law an owner or occupier of land owes a duty of reasonable care toward others who are on the property; a failure to exercise such reasonable care to avoid foreseeable injury can result in the owner or occupier becoming liable under the legal theory of premises liability. Owners and occupiers of property …