Retail Store Accidents

Inside the Store: The owner/operator of a retail store must inspect the aisles, racks, and shelves constantly to be sure the area is safe. Usually, the store will have an employee travel up and down the aisles to clean up any spill, or pick up items which may have fallen into the path of potential shoppers. In a grocery store, it may be an improperly stacked pallet of food, or case of soda, that falls on a customer as they pass by, resulting in a Slip-and-Fall Accident, causing injury.

Extra Duty of Care:  Grocery stores and other retailers want their shoppers to look at their shelves, and notice the items for sale. They use bright signs, and other distracting methods to draw your attention toward the shelves and the products they are selling, rather than to the floor directly in front of you.  For this reason, retailer store owners/operators have an extra duty to keep the floors of their business clean and clear of debris.

Video Surveillance Cameras: Most retail stores have video cameras throughout their business, and chances are any Slip-and-Fall Accident will have been recorded. This footage can become a very important part of the evidence used to support a legal claim, holding the responsible business accountable for their negligence.  If you, or someone you know has been injured in this way, it is vital that you contact our experienced Personal Injury Premises Liability Lawyers quickly, so that we can have our skilled team of investigators work to gather evidence, such as the video footage of the accident.

Parking Lot Crimes:  Premises Liability Law also protects your rights as a shopper, when you are in the parking lots of a retail store.  In addition to potential Slip-and-Fall Accidents that might occur in a parking lot, a person can also be injured as the result of being “assaulted” in a parking lot, where there is no security. If the retail store knows, or should have known, of a security problem or crimes being committed in the area, they have a duty to provide proper protection to their shoppers, as their “invitees.”

There are many ways you or a loved one can be injured while in a retail store, movie theatre, restaurant, gas station, or any other type of commercial business property, in California.

In any retail store accident there can be more than one person or entity at fault. It is sometimes very difficult to prove who was at fault, and insurance companies work aggressively to avoid having to pay out on claims for retail store accidents. At SANFORD A. KASSEL, A Professional Law Corporation, we serve all of Southern California. We work with a top-notch team of specialists, to give every case the best possible investigation, so that we can determining who is responsible for causing our client’s injuries. Property owners, management companies, franchise corporate headquarters, equipment manufacturers, and third parties such as security companies can also be held accountable.

If you have been injured at a commercial place of business, our skilled Orange County Personal Injury Attorneys can help determine who is ultimately responsible for your injuries. We work even more aggressively than the insurance companies. We are experienced with the tactics the big insurance companies use to try and avoid paying full value for a claim. We work hard to ensure that our clients get the maximum compensation they are entitled to. We earn our fees, when we are successful on behalf of our clients. NO RECOVERY, NO FEE.