Premises Liability

Gabriel Assaad has years of experience dealing with premises liability cases in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland. The focus of our law firm is to compensate our clients for injuries that were no fault of their own. Premises are land and buildings together considered as property.

Premises liability law requires that a landowner is responsible for certain injuries people who are present on the premises may encounter. In order for premises liability to apply, three items must be determined:

The defendant must possess the land
The plaintiff must be an invitee or licensee; trespassers are not protected under premises liability law.
Some form of negligence or other wrongful act must have occurred.

In the United States, the claims most commonly associated with premises liability include negligent maintenance, unsafe or dangerous conditions, assault and battery, slip/trip and fall, drowning/aquatic injuries, animal attacks, inadequate lighting and criminal attacks. The safety of the premises falls on the property owner; they have a legal obligation to ensure that all invitees or licensees are free from harm while on the property. There is a wide variety of situations that may lead to a premises accident:

Falling objects
Uneven floor surfaces
Poorly marked elevation changes
Poor lighting
Uneven elevators
Wet surfaces
Broken sidewalks
Broken steps

If you or someone you know has suffered an injury on premises other than their own, contact Gabriel Assaad for a premises liability consultation. He will work to understand your situation and fight inside and out of the courtroom to see that you get all that you deserve. To schedule a consultation please call our Washington, DC office at (202) 741-9348 or e-mail us at contact@assaadlaw.com. Assaad Law, PLLC looks forward to aggressively protecting your rights.