Negligent Security

Gelch & Associates, P.A.  represent clients who have been injured while on someone else's property. Our firm can investigate the circumstances of your injury, as well as determine which parties may be responsible.

Causes of premises-related injuries include:

• inadequate security,
• environmental toxins, such as lead or mold,
• dog bites or animal attacks,
• unfenced swimming pools,
• uneven pavement, obstructions or other tripping hazards, and
• slippery substances, such as oils, water or other liquids.

In premises liability lawsuits, the law requires the injured party to show that the owner of the property on which the injury occurred either created the unsafe condition that led to the injury, or failed to properly maintain the property so as to avoid the injury. The injured person also may show that the owner knew about a hazardous condition but refrained from warning tenants or visitors about it, that the owner failed to take proper precautions against creating an unsafe condition that might attract children, or that they did something or failed to do something that damaged an adjacent property.