Overview
People suffer accidents and injury while on someone else’s property just as much as –and possibly more than – they do while on their own such as a car accident, etc. Usually, the resulting injury leads them to seek some sort of remedy or compensation by contacting a Hartford Premises Liability Lawyer. Fortunately, Wisconsin law allows them to do so, albeit following strict regulations. As such, a large percentage of premises liability cases in Wisconsin are hotly contested. This is because a lot of the time, and because of Wisconsin’s shared fault laws, there’s enough posturing to go around on factors like contributory negligence, notice, control, tender, and the nature of the premises. So, for every claim by the plaintiff that certain premises were unsafe, there is an affirmative defense by the owner or occupier that the plaintiff should have been more careful in handling themselves.
Eventually, success in these claims will depend on the quality and experience of your legal counsel. At MacGillis Law Group, LLC our Hartford premises liability lawyers are well experienced in pursuing these claims and know exactly how to win on your behalf.
Hartford (WI) Premises Liability Law
But the law also imposes a duty on visitors to the premises to behave responsibly, or risk forfeiting a legal remedy. So if the visitors are found to be more at fault for the incident, they won’t be able to hold owners or occupiers of the premises liable. A “tort” is a wrongful act, and so tort laws and principles come into play where it is alleged that one party has fallen short of the standard of care he reasonably ought to have upheld.
Premises liability cases in Wisconsin are mainly regulated by the Wisconsin Shared Fault (Comparative negligence), “Safe place”, and tort laws. In the first instance, there is a legal duty on property owners in Wisconsin to protect anyone who enters their premises from an unreasonable risk of injury. This is done by keeping premises in good condition and rectifying dangerous conditions or shoddy construction before things drop on people, or make them a trip, slip, or fall. Many premises liability cases usually involve accidents resulting from: