Were you injured because a property owner in Chicago, Illinois, failed to warn you about a dangerous condition on their premises? Mark L. Karno & Associates, LLC can help you take appropriate legal action and pursue the full amount of compensation you’re entitled to under the law.
Our Chicago premises liability attorneys have more than 100 years of combined experience and have won tens of millions of dollars for our clients. That’s a track record of success that the opposing party won’t be able to ignore.
Call us at (224) 481-1926 for a free consultation. We can advise you on your best course of action when we meet to review your case.
Why Hire Mark L. Karno & Associates for Help After a Failure To Warn/Unmarked Hazards Accident in Chicago?
Hiring Mark L. Karno & Associates will allow you to level the playing field with the opposing party and their insurance company, who just want to protect their profits and aren’t worried about compensating you for the harm they’ve caused. When you hire our award-winning legal team of personal injury lawyers for help, we can:
- Investigate the property condition that caused your injury and whether adequate warnings were in place
- Obtain maintenance records and any prior incident reports from the property
- Interview employees and other witnesses who may have known about the hazard
- Calculate the full value of your economic and non-economic damages
- Pursue a lawsuit in court if the property owner’s insurance company refuses to offer fair compensation
Contact our law offices today to schedule a free initial consultation. We’re passionate about what we do and are confident we can help you make the most of your claim.
What Is Failure To Warn Under Illinois Premises Liability Law?
Illinois law requires property owners to keep their premises reasonably safe for visitors. When a hazard exists that can’t be immediately fixed, the property owner is expected to provide a clear warning so that visitors can avoid it. Failure to do so can form the basis of a premises liability claim.
The classic example is a wet floor inside a grocery store. If the store knows about the spill but doesn’t put up a warning sign or block off the area, a customer who slips and falls may have a valid claim. Of course, however, failure to warn cases extend well beyond wet floors. Some other common examples include:
- Construction zones without proper barriers and signage
- Parking lots with unmarked potholes
- Stairways with structural damage and no posted warning
- Recently waxed floors with no caution signs
- Exposed wiring and other electrical hazards in common areas
- Chemical spills in commercial settings
The key question in these cases is whether the property owner knew or should have known about the hazard and had enough time to either fix it or warn visitors about it. If the answer is yes and they did neither, they can be held liable for any injuries that follow.
Schedule a Free Consultation With a Chicago Failure To Warn/Unmarked Hazards Attorney
If you were injured by an unmarked hazard on someone else’s property in Chicago, Mark L. Karno & Associates can help you file a claim against the person responsible for the premises.
Call (224) 481-1926 or reach out online to set up your free consultation today. We work on contingency, which means that you won’t pay a cent in attorney’s fees unless we win money damages for you.