Areas of Practice - Premises Liability

Property owners, managers, and occupiers have a legal duty to maintain safe premises for lawful visitors. Under Texas premises-liability law, the duty an owner owes depends on the visitor's status — invitee, licensee, or trespasser — with the highest duty owed to invitees such as customers and business guests. To succeed in a premises liability claim, victims must show that the owner owed a duty of care, that negligence violated that duty, that the negligence contributed to the harm, and that an actual injury occurred.

Common premises liability accidents include slip and fall incidents, trip and fall on defective surfaces, inadequate security leading to assault, dog attacks, elevator and escalator injuries, construction site accidents, swimming pool and waterpark incidents, and amusement park injuries. These incidents regularly cause broken bones, spinal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, disfigurement, and severe emotional distress.

Recoverable damages include economic losses — lost wages and past, present, and future medical expenses — as well as non-economic damages including emotional distress, pain and suffering, limb loss, disfigurement, and scarring. Where clear and convincing evidence shows fraud, malice, or gross negligence under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 41, exemplary (punitive) damages may also apply.

Our attorneys investigate premises liability cases thoroughly, obtaining surveillance footage, maintenance records, prior incident reports, and expert testimony to prove the property owner knew or should have known about the dangerous condition. We move quickly to preserve evidence before it disappears. Property owners and their insurers often dispute liability aggressively — we are prepared to match that aggression on your behalf.