Adequate lighting plays a crucial role in our safety, helping to prevent accidents in our homes, workplaces, and public spaces. However, when overlooked, poor illumination can hide potential hazards and lead to severe personal injuries. In this context, the significant but often underestimated impact of inadequate lighting on personal injuries becomes...
Anyone is at risk of a fall, but older adults are at a significantly increased risk of sustaining debilitating injuries in falls due to physical changes and certain health conditions. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that:
More than one in four...Injuries can happen when you least them to, hence why they are typically called “accidents.” It’s important to keep in mind that many injuries may not be ill-intentioned—that is, someone did not mean to cause another person harm. However, even just having poorly-maintained premises can result in injuries to guests and visitors....
Creating a safe, hazard-free environment is essential for your safety as well as the safety of your family, friends, and visitors. In our experience, there are common hazards that lurk in residential properties. Below, we discuss how to prevent these common...
Whether you’re at a grocery store, an amusement park, in a parking lot, or at someone else’s residence, the property owner is expected to maintain their property in a reasonably safe manner in order to prevent injuries to guests and visitors. Premises liability laws exist to hold property owners accountable for damages...
In our previous blogs, we discussed premises liability laws in Mississippi and what to do if you are injured on someone else’s property. In short, premises liability laws require property owners to keep their premises “reasonably safe” from dangers and potential hazards. But how does the law constitute what is considered reasonably safe?
When you go to a grocery store or walk through someone’s front door, you probably expect that no harm will come to you, as you should. When any visitor goes onto another property, they can expect to be on a premise that is reasonably safe and free of hazards, dangers, or...
When you’re injured on someone else’s property because of a hazard or danger, you may qualify to get your medical bills and other damages covered by filing a premises liability claim through the property owner’s homeowners insurance.
This process can become a little more complicated when your injury happens on...
As the weather warms in Mississippi, eager children on summer break are ready to hop in the pool and, play in the water, and enjoy some cool relief from the sun.
While summer is a carefree time for many, it is not a time to relax and let our...
The much-anticipated season of summer is here, a time when pool parties, barbeques, and hangouts are in full swing.However, safety is still the number one priority—and a legal obligation. Mississippi property owners have a duty to keep their premises reasonably safe and take the steps necessary to remove any hazards also known...
