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| Colorado Statutes Specify Property Owners’ Liability
Colorado law is written “to promote a state policy of responsibility by both landowners and those upon the land as well as to assure that the ability of an injured party to recover is correlated with his status as a trespasser, licensee, or invitee.” Accordingly, the laws confers on property owners “a higher standard of care with respect to an invitee than a licensee, and a higher standard of care with respect to a licensee than a trespasser.” Source: Colorado Statutes |
Questions about premises liability arise when you’ve been injured on someone else’s property. Will the owner of that property be responsible for the harm that’s occurred? Slip-and-fall accidents are a common means of injury that cause victims to inquire about the potential liability of a property owner. If you’ve been hurt on premises belonging to someone else, you will naturally have questions if you feel that the property owner failed to maintain safe conditions. For accurate advice, contact a qualified personal injury attorney.
The Colorado personal injury attorneys at the Firm of Jeremy Rosenthal are known for their dedication to protecting the rights of injury victims. Our experienced premise liability lawyers have helped clients recover compensation for the injuries they’ve suffered because property owners failed to maintain their premises safely. We take injuries seriously, and we also take seriously our commitment to provide aggressive representation for those hurt by the negligence of others. You shouldn’t have to pay expensive medical bills or deal with the financial hardship of lost wages if you were injured on unsafe property. Our Denver personal injury lawyers provide you with the strong advocates you need to recover damages in premise liability cases.
Colorado Statutes underscore lawmakers’ desire to promote safe conditions on property within the state, and to hold owners responsible when a person is injured because the owner failed to maintain safe conditions on the premises. However, the liability of a property owner is affected by the victim’s standing. The state specifies three types of visitors to property: invitees, licensees and trespassers.
As the name suggests, an invitee is someone who has been invited onto property. The law specifies that the invitee “enters or remains on the land of another to transact business” which benefits them both, or is on the property “in response to the landowner’s express or implied representation that the public is requested, expected, or intended to enter or remain.” A customer visiting a business is an example, so is a diner at a restaurant, or a client at a beauty salon. In terms of liability, the owner of a business or commercial establishment is viewed as having a duty to “exercise reasonable care” to prevent invitees’ being exposed to dangers on the property.
The statutes define a licensee as “a person who enters or remains on the land of another for the licensee’s own convenience or to advance his own interests, pursuant to the landowner’s permission or consent.” The designation includes “a social guest.” Property owners who fail to warn licensees about dangers on the property may be held liable for injuries the licensee suffers as a result of that danger.
A trespasser is defined as “a person who enters or remains on the land of another without the landowner’s consent.” Colorado law affords trespassers the least amount of protection when it comes to premises liability, specifying that such a person may only recover for “damages willfully or deliberately caused” by the property owner.
If you’ve been injured while on someone else’s property, the Law Firm of Jeremy Rosenthal encourages you to speak with our Colorado premises liability lawyers. We have the legal knowledge to establish your standing as a visitor to the property, and we can advise you of your right to pursue compensation for the medical bills and other damages you’ve suffered due to your injury. Our attorneys are experienced in presenting evidence and building strong cases for those who’ve been harmed on unsafe property. When you’ve suffered serious injuries because a landowner failed to maintain his property in a safe fashion, call the Denver premises liability attorneys at the Law Firm of Jeremy Rosenthal. We believe you should have a strong advocate who is dedicated to helping you recover the compensation you deserve, and we’ll work tirelessly to win the maximum settlement to which you’re entitled.
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