Unique Chicago Premises Liability Cases
Unlike other types of injury cases, premises liability claims do not limit the types of damages collected. A person may recover compensation for medical costs, lost wages from work, any property damage, and any pain and suffering. In addition to damages, Chicago premises liability cases also tend to be different due to the unique Chicago premises liability cases. To discuss your case with an experienced lawyer and seek compensation, call and schedule a consultation with our firm today.
Unique Chicago Premises Liability Cases
Liability Allowing Alcohol to Minors
Providing alcohol to minors can create significant liability. An owner or an occupier of land who allows minors to come onto the land and consume alcohol; and provides them the alcohol or knowingly permits consumption. These parties can receive liability for accidents and injuries caused even away from the land.
Say the “cool parent” allows his child to have a party at his home. They then allow alcohol consumption by minors. The minors become intoxicated, get in a car and drives off of the property and causes an accident. That “cool parent,”has liability for the injury caused by the intoxicated minor.
The question would be, “Can a party host be liable for the actions of intoxicated minor guests?”
Sporting Event Liability
Observing a sporting event can be dangerous, and injuries do occur to fans at sporting events. However, not all injuries to fans create the basis of a claim. The operators of the venues for sporting events don’t have a complete and total duty to prevent all possible accidents.
Baseball
The law does not require a complete fencing of the grandstand. However, owners of the stadium may need to fence the most dangerous parts of the grandstand. That’s why there’s a screen directly behind the batter where foul balls often go. Sometimes, a person will see additional screens or fencing in areas close to the batter’s box. The further a person gets from the batter’s box, the less fencing a person will see. The risk a foul ball greatly reduces the further away from ball play.
Hockey
Hockey differs because of the gameplay and the dangers created by the hockey puck. There, the operators of a hockey rink are under a duty of greater protection for the fans, again, because of the way the sport is played and the dangers posed by the hockey puck.
Golf
A fan may not realize that they might get hit with a golf ball. Concession stand can be close enough to a fairway or a green where a poor golf shot could actually strike somebody standing in line. In that kind of instance, the fan may not realize that while they’re standing there waiting to get a hotdog, they’re at risk of getting hit by a golf ball. Since that risk is difficult to perceive by the fan, the owner of a golf course has a greater duty to warn about the risk and the potential of getting hit by a golf ball.
Importance of a Premises Liability Attorney
The laws and the development of the law on unique Chicago premises liability cases and across Illinois. An experienced premises liability attorney understands the nuances of the law and how to best present a case to minimize the impact of various defenses that premises owners and occupiers of the land will present and rely upon, help overcome those defenses, and increase the chances of a plaintiff to recover in their case.
It is very difficult for a person to both handle the disruption in their daily life caused by the injury; and, at the same time, manage and organize the presentation of their claim.
A good plaintiff’s attorney can lift that burden of organizing and presenting the claim from the plaintiff. This allows them to focus on their life, moving forward with their healthcare and their treatment plan, and getting their body and their mind back to prior to the accident all the while the plaintiff’s attorney focuses on gathering information, building the case and presenting the client’s case and injuries in the strongest possible light.
The greatest value of a personal injury lawyer is to partner with the client, put the client back in the same position as they were before the accident. That really takes the additional support, advice, counsel and effort of a plaintiff’s lawyer.
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