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If you rent a home, condominium or apartment, you should know exactly what responsibilities your landlord has. Many of these responsibilities are centered around the legal duty the landlord has to keep the property in reasonably safe condition.  Typically, landlords have to maintain common areas of the property. This includes stairwells, hallways and parking…

When walking up or down stairs in a building, you expect them to be safe. Unfortunately, many property owners in Chicago fail to maintain their stairways properly, creating dangerous conditions that can lead to serious injuries. From apartment buildings to retail stores, unsafe stairways pose a significant risk to visitors. Property owners have a…

In the bustling state of Illinois, accidents can happen anywhere and at any time. Whether it is a slip and fall in a grocery store or a dog bite in a park, these incidents can land you with serious injuries and unexpected medical expenses. If you find yourself in such a situation, you must…

Did you know that more than one million people receive injuries due to stairway falls each year? In fact, only injuries from motor vehicle accidents outpace stairway injuries. In addition, 12,000 people die in stairway accidents each year. When you find yourself injured on another person’s stairs, you may have a premises liability case….

If you’ve been injured, you certainly blame the person who caused those injuries to begin with. But you may also be considering other factors that had an impact on the situation. This isn’t to absolve that first individual of guilt, but simply to look at how the overall situation influenced your health – and…

Property owners have the responsibility to maintain their premises, keeping them safe and secure for tenants. Repairing lighting, furnaces, broken windows, leaking pipes, floors and stairs are among the tasks that owners/landlords must perform on the homes and apartment complexes they own. If they fail to do so, injuries from assaults, slip and falls,…

The area of premises liability refers to the portion of law that holds property owners responsible for the state of their property. This basically means if a defect in someone’s property causes injury to another person, that property owner should probably pay for the costs that result from the injury. This seems like a…

Nursing homes have an obligation to their clients. They need to take steps to keep the residents safe. In the winter, that includes keeping floors dry and ice out of community areas where people could fall and get hurt. Medical facilities need to be held to a higher standard than others, because they are…

You were headed into one of your favorite stores when you saw that there was a slick area ahead. You went around it, and you let the store owner know that it was there. You did expect them to take care of it, so you forgot about it. You figured that they would salt…

It’s winter, and that means it’s a time when there are plenty of hazards around you. Ice, sleet, snow and the damage from the elements can all add up to create dangerous areas that can lead to accidents. If you get hurt when you’re on someone else’s property, and if that injury is a…