Burbank Pasadena Glendale Retail Store Negligence

In California, businesses, such as retail store owners, are responsible for injuries suffered by people who are on their property. As retail store owners, they must provide a safe environment for their customers to shop. This umbrella of responsibility of these retail stores includes both individuals who are injured in their stores as well as people who are outside of their stores in the parking lots.

As for the inside of the retail stores, it must be free from dangerous or hazardous conditions.  The outside of their stores must be properly maintained, and they must rectify such things as uneven payment or other hazardous or dangerous conditions to their premises.  Additionally, retail stores must provide proper security to protect any individuals who are on their property from being threatened or attacked, such as thefts, assaults and / or batteries.

Retail store owners may be held liable for injuries suffered if the retail store owners fail to resolve the danger or to warn their customers of the danger.  Under California law, by the store failing to resolve these dangerous conditions or situations, the retail store owner was acting negligently, and they can therefore be found liable for the injuries sustained by you on their property.  These retail stores are considered to have acted negligently because negligence is defined as failing to act with the care someone else would have exercised in the same situation.

Common types of retail store premises liability actions include slip and fall accidents on a wet floor where the retail store failed to provide warning signs of a slippery floor.  Under these circumstances, the retail store owner would be found accountable for your injuries.  Similarly, if the retail store were aware of assaults occurring in their parking lot, and they never hired security to patrol their parking lots, and you were assaulted in their parking lot, the retail store may also be found liable for your injuries.

Once a retail store has been determined to be accountable for your injuries in not properly warning of the danger which caused your injuries, the retail store will be responsible for such compensation as your medical expenses, lost wages, future lost income, reduced quality of life, and pain and suffering directly resulting from your physical and emotional injuries.

If you or a loved one has been injured because of a retail store’s negligence in Burbank Glendale or Pasadena, please contact one of our Burbank Pasadena Glendale Premises Liability Attorneys and Lawyers for a free confidential initial consultation to discuss your accident.