Disclaimer: Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers does not handle premises liability cases. For assistance, we recommend contacting the Florida Bar Lawyer Referral Service at (850) 561-5600.
If you’ve been injured in a slip and fall, struck by falling objects, attacked by a dog, or injured because of some other dangerous condition on another person’s property in Trinity, Florida, call Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers. You may be entitled to compensation, which could help you pay for your medical treatment, offset lost wages while you recover, and alleviate some of your pain and suffering. Our experienced Trinity premises liability lawyers can help you maximize your recovery.
At Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers, we’re unyielding civil litigators dedicated to fighting for the rights of individuals, not corporations. As award-winning Florida trial attorneys backed by 60+ years of combined experience, we’ve helped our clients obtain more than $200 million in personal injury settlement agreements and jury awards.
Now, we can help you take on a Florida business, government body, or insurance company to help you make the most of your premises liability case, too. Contact us at (727) 815-8442 to arrange a free consultation today.
How Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers Can Help With Your Premises Liability Claim in Trinity, FL
Property owners are responsible for what happens on their premises. However, some don’t take this responsibility seriously and allow them to fall into disrepair or fail to take care of known hazards. When you get hurt because a property owner is negligent, you can take action and hold them accountable for the costs and trauma you experience.
Hiring an experienced Trinity personal injury lawyer can help you achieve the case results you deserve.
Choosing Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers means having a Certified Civil Trial Specialist and top-rated Florida litigators in your corner, which makes it clear that you won’t back down or accept anything less than what your premises liability claim is worth.
You can count on us to:
- Investigate your premises liability claim
- Gather critical pieces of evidence during our inquiry and throughout the discovery process
- Bring independent expert witnesses to collaborate with our legal team
- Assess your damages and evaluate how much you should be compensated
- Negotiate with the property owner, their insurance company, and/or other parties
- Reject lowball settlement offers and bring your premises liability lawsuit to trial in Pasco County, if necessary
We represent injured Floridians on a contingency fee basis. There’s no cost out of pocket to hire our personal injury law firm. In fact, you won’t pay a thing until we’ve won compensation for your premises liability case.
Contact our premises liability lawyers in Trinity, FL, today. Your first case evaluation is free.
What Is Premises Liability?
Premises liability refers to a property owner’s legal duty to keep their property in a reasonably safe condition. Ultimately, the goal is to protect invited guests from foreseeable threats of injury or death.
A property owner can be liable if their negligence causes a visitor’s injury or death.
Establishing whether or not an owner is negligent depends on how a visitor is classified under Florida state law. There are three primary types of visitors, each of which is owed different duties of care.
Invitees, Licensees, and Trespassers
Invitees are owed the highest duty of care under state law. In Florida, this is further broken down into two categories, business invitees and public invitees.
For example, you’d be a business invitee as a shopper in a grocery store or a patron at a Trinity restaurant. You would be considered a public invitee at a local park.
In Florida, property owners must inspect their premises regularly, repair hazards when they’re discovered, and/or offer warnings about known threats to safety.
Licensees are owed a lesser duty of care. You’re a licensee when you visit someone else’s property with their permission for a personal reason.
You’d be a licensee if you entered a restaurant to use the restroom or visited a friend or family member’s home.
Property owners in Florida don’t have to inspect to protect licensees, but must fix hazards and provide adequate warnings.
Trespassers are usually owed no duty of care in Florida. When you enter another person’s property without their permission, you do so at your own risk. The owner has no obligation to protect you from hazards. The main exception involves children who enter property because of an attractive nuisance.
Experience Litigating All Types of Premises Liability Cases
Premises liability is a broad term that can be used to refer to a wide range of personal injury cases, including:
- Dog bites
- Swimming pool accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
- Trip and fall accidents
- Struck by falling object accidents
- Elevator accidents
- Negligent security
- Assault
- Sexual assault
- Toxic exposure
- Fires and explosions
- Building collapse accidents
Our Trinity premises liability attorneys have decades of experience and know how these cases work.
Call our Pasco County law office serving Trinity to discuss your premises liability case today.
What Types of Damages Can I Get if I Win My Premises Liability Case in Trinity?
When you’ve been injured because a property owner in Trinity, Florida, was negligent, you can have the opportunity to request compensatory damages from them (or their insurance carrier).
Compensatory damages can include two types of awards: economic and non-economic.
Economic damages are paid to compensate for financial losses caused by your accident and injuries, which can include:
- Current medical bills, including costs for hospitalization, diagnostic tests, surgery, medication, medical equipment, and follow-up care
- Reasonable and necessary future medical expenses
- Temporary and/or permanent disability
- Diminished earning capacity
- Lost wages
- Rehabilitation
- Nursing assistance
- Out-of-pocket expenses
Non-economic damages are awarded to compensate for the harder-to-value things you experience as a victim, including:
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of consortium
- Reduced quality of life
- Mental anguish
- Embarrassment
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Chronic physical pain
- Disfigurement
The property owner will try to stand between you and a meaningful financial recovery by disputing your alleged damages. They’ll argue your injuries aren’t too severe and that you’ve exaggerated how those injuries have affected your life.
Our premises liability lawyers in Trinity, FL, won’t let the negligent owner dictate the terms of your case or minimize your financial recovery. We’ll invest the entirety of our experience, knowledge, and resources into your case and fight to achieve the very best care results possible.
What Do I Have To Prove To Win a Premises Liability Case?
Negligence is at the heart of every premises liability claim. Your job, as the plaintiff, is to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the owner of the property was negligent and, in turn, you got hurt.
Specifically, you must demonstrate:
- The defendant owed you a duty of care because they owned/managed the premises where you got hurt while you were a legally invited visitor
- The defendant failed to inspect/maintain/warn as required by law, which breached the duty of care owed to you
- The defendant’s failure to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition caused your injuries
- You’ve suffered damages
The owner might try to counter your claim by saying that you bear at least some responsibility for your accident. So, it might be necessary to dispute allegations of comparative fault. In Florida, these claims can limit or bar a financial recovery.
Florida’s comparative fault law holds that you can only recover compensation if you share less than 51% responsibility for your accident. When you’re assigned more than half of the blame for your injuries, you lose the right to force a negligent property owner to pay for your resulting damages.
Working with an experienced Florida premises liability attorney in Trinity can help you prove your case, dispute claims of shared fault, and recover the maximum compensation you deserve.
What’s the Time Limit for Premises Liability Lawsuits in Florida?
Florida requires premises liability claims to be filed within two years of the date of a victim’s injury or wrongful death.
The two-year statute of limitations has few exceptions, most often involving government tort claims or cases involving injured children.
If you miss the filing deadline, you’ll lose the ability to make a negligent property owner take accountability for your injuries and costs. Contact a lawyer as soon as you can for help with your case.
Arrange a Free Case Review With an Experienced Trinity Premises Liability Attorney
Contact the award-winning litigators at Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers after an accident on someone else’s property in Trinity, Florida. You shouldn’t have to struggle with the consequences of your injuries on your own, not when the property owner couldn’t be bothered to protect you from reasonably foreseeable harm.
Our Trinity premises liability attorneys are here to help you demand the monetary justice you deserve.
We’re top-rated civil litigators dedicated to protecting your rights. Our case results speak volumes, with more than $200 million in damages recovered from corporations, government agencies, and other formidable defendants.
We offer a complimentary case evaluation. Call our law offices to speak with our skilled legal team about your premises liability case today.