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Owners of apartment buildings have a duty towards tenants, unit owners, and guests to provide safe premises and warn tenants of dangers. Chicago premises accident victims could sue the management and building owner for failing to meet their duty of care.
The premises liability attorneys at Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, LLC, are committed to holding Chicago apartment complex owners and management companies fully accountable when landlord negligence causes serious injury to tenants and visitors.
You are entitled to recover monetary compensation, and our Chicago personal injury attorneys can help you get the maximum compensation under Illinois law. Before you consider attempting to resolve an apartment injury case, contact our premises liability lawyers for a free consultation.
Call our Chicago premises liability lawyers at (888) 424-5757 or use the contact form for additional information to schedule a consultation for a free case evaluation to discuss your legal options.
Types of Accidents in Apartment Buildings
Apartment building accidents can result from poor maintenance or a lack of due care. Tenants and unit owners must pay attention to whether these accidents occur regularly to establish the negligence of the responsible parties, such as the landlord or building owner.
Some of the types of rented apartment accidents leading to serious injuries include:
- Falls due to slippery floors
- Stairs in disrepair
- Cracked ceilings and falling residue from ceilings
- Accidents in poorly maintained elevators
- Poor lighting throughout the premises
- Dog bites and animal attacks
- Failure to provide the necessary security
- Falls on stairways
- Assaults and fights occurring within apartment buildings
- An outbreak of fires in apartment complexes
- Building collapses
- Building code defects
- Children harmed due to lead poisoning
- Accidents in parking lots
These accidents should never happen in an apartment building structure. Individuals have the right to live in areas free from unreasonable risks and dangerous conditions.
An apartment complex property owner fails when tenants and others are injured or face wrongful death and should be held liable in such cases.
Family members can seek compensation if injured victims die from apartment building landlords or a building owner's negligence. The survivors may wish to meet for a free case evaluation with an experienced apartment accident lawyer to discuss filing a personal injury lawsuit.
Can Someone Sue You for Falling Down Your Stairs?
If your landlord fails to provide adequate safety and causes your injuries, for example, where you fall on the apartment stairwell, you might have the legal right to file a premises liability claim or compensation claim.
You might be able to prove that the following caused your injuries:
- Slippery steps
- Wear and tear in the carpet
- Polished tiles
- Objects left in the stairwell
- Snow or ice built up on the outdoor steps
Slipping, tripping, and falling down stairs can cause multiple injuries from broken bones, bruises, fractures, and sprains.
You are likely entitled to receive the maximum compensation from the property owners of the apartment premises to pay for your medical bills, hospitalization, past and future lost wages, and any permanent/temporary disability related to the fall.
How Is a Slip and Fall Pain and Suffering Claim Calculated?
Premises liability lawyers working on your behalf will use a multiplier method that calculates all damages associated with your physical and emotional trauma. The lawyer will identify all special damages (actual damages) and multiply the amount by up to five times or higher.
The calculator accounts for the severity of your injuries and identifiable proof that you are experiencing suffering and pain that might require verifiable documentation. The length of your recovery time will also determine the value of your case.
Statistically, plaintiffs filing a claim for compensation settle their cases for between $15,000-$45,000. However, how much you could receive depends on the uniqueness of your apartment building accident case, including:
- How you were injured
- The extent of your injuries (are you permanently disabled?)
- The hazardous conditions that existed
- Medical expenses related to outstanding hospital bills, cost of occupational therapy, pain and suffering
- Your damages, including past and future lost wages
Nearly all apartment accident slip and fall cases are settled out of court to provide the victim quicker access to the recovery money and allow the legally responsible defendants of apartment complexes to avoid a lengthy and expensive trial.
How Do You Prove Suffering and Pain Against a Property Owner Who Was Negligent?
Your slip and fall accident likely left you suffering mental or emotional injuries, or you must deal with your emotional distress, mental anguish, anger, fear, anxiety, humiliation, or shock.
If your injuries were severe, you might have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder that has made significant life-altering changes that diminished your enjoyment of normal daily activities.
Apartment accident lawyers working on your behalf will use calculations to equate the extent of your physical and emotional trauma with verifiable documentation. Your physical disfigurements and deformities related to the accident will also prove the claim's value.
The documents will likely include medical bills, doctor records, photographic evidence of your injuries, diagnostic tests, medical prognosis, expert testimony, and psychiatric or psychological records.
Why Does a Chicago Apartment Building Accident Typically Happen?
State law requires commercial property owners to maintain all open areas in a safe and appropriate manner. Apartment accidents frequently arise when apartment complex owners fail to make repairs to structures on the building, such as:
- Neglecting to repair broken stairs, leading to tripping hazards and fall accidents.
- Failing to provide regular structure maintenance, such as removing snow from outside driveways and sidewalks leading to visitor and tenant injuries.
A property owner or landlord is liable when they know unsafe conditions exist and fail to make repairs to prevent those hazards.
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We offer free consultations before victims speak to the insurance company representative. All discussions with your premises liability attorney remain confidential through an attorney-client relationship to protect your legal rights.
Receive Legal Help for Apartment Building Accidents Injuries From Seasoned Chicago Apartment Accident Attorneys
At Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, LLC, our apartment injury lawyers represent apartment tenants and guests injured due to the carelessness of other parties. Our Chicago law firm will analyze how the property owner and other parties may be responsible for your serious injury.
These parties might include an apartment building owner, maintenance company, an outside contractor, or a landlord filing court documents seeking protection from a personal injury case.
If you were injured as a tenant or visitor at a property, let us begin working on your apartment building accident lawsuit holding the property owner and others financially accountable.
Our premises liability law firm can ensure your claim is filed against the property owner within the Illinois statute of limitations for Chicago personal injury actions.
We can hire accident investigators to determine how the accident happened, which is necessary to prove negligence that holds the property owner and their insurance company legally liable for damages.
Contact our premises liability law office at (888) 424-5757 (toll-free phone call) or through the contact form to schedule a free case evaluation to discuss your legal options to obtain compensation for your injury or wrongful death case.