Articles Posted in Premises Liability

Slip and fall accidents may seem like minor mishaps, but they can have severe consequences. From broken bones to traumatic brain injuries, these incidents pose more danger than meets the eye. In this blog post, we will explore the various ways slip and fall accidents can impact your life and provide practical tips to help…

Forklift accidents can be devastating, causing serious injuries and even death. As a business owner, it’s your responsibility to ensure the safety of your employees, and that includes preventing forklift accidents. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the 5 most common causes of forklift accidents and provide tips on how to prevent them. 1. Lack…

Slip and fall accidents can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at any time. Whether it’s a wet floor, uneven pavement, or a pothole, slip and fall accidents can result in serious injuries, including broken bones, head trauma, and spinal cord injuries. If you have been involved in a slip and fall accident, it’s essential to…

Georgia law requires apartment complex owners to keep their properties reasonably safe from criminal activity, including sexual assaults and rape. On properties where there are known dangerous criminal activity, the property owner or operator of an apartment complex may be held liable for not protecting tenants or taking necessary steps to ensure tenants’ safety. In…

Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport is the world’s busiest airport for passenger traffic. According to CNN, 75,704,760 people traveled through the Atlanta airport in 2021. A lot can go wrong in such a large airport, including escalator and elevator malfunctions, spills on the floor, assaults or other crimes, and slip and falls. Airport Injuries Airport…

Property owners have a duty to keep the premises reasonably safe for visitors at all times. Hotel owners are property owners that can be held liable for failure to keep the property safe, and that can include failing to act to protect individuals from sexual assault or rape. Read on to learn more. Georgia’s Laws…

In Georgia, a property or business owner can be held responsible for a crime that is committed by a third party criminal, if the crime was reasonably foreseeable. Many cases involving violent crimes, such as assaults, rapes, or murders, occur on properties that are owned and operated by businesses that earn profits and have a…

In Atlanta, crimes such as shootings, rapes, robberies, or assaults occur on many commercial properties, including hotels and motels. Under Georgia law, a victim of a crime that occurs on the property of an unsafe hotel or motel may be able to recover against the hotel or motel for negligent security. Negligent security is a…

Generally, the victim of a security guard’s bad acts or negligence (false imprisonment, excessive use of force, wrongful detention) may bring a civil lawsuit in Georgia to recover damages for the victim’s resulting injuries. However, because recovering damages in a civil suit requires money, whether it be via a corporate entity with deep pockets or…

Under Georgia law, owners of apartment complexes and other commercial properties owe a duty of care to tenants and visitors to keep the property safe from criminal activity. A property owner who knows that shootings, gang violence, drug activity, assaults, burglary, and other dangerous crimes occur on its property is required to take the proper…