Apartment and Home Rental Premises Liability

Business owners, landlords and homeowners generally have a duty to protect others from dangerous conditions on their property. When an owner creates a serious hazard that causes harm, our attorneys can evaluate and, if appropriate, pursue a claim.

Dangerous conditions can mean an unsafe construction zone or sidewalk, inadequate security, or any other safety violation or condition that poses a risk of injury to someone.

Landlords' failures to maintain apartments, apartment complexes, town homes, condos, home rentals, cabin rentals, vacation rentals, and other property rentals in habitable condition have been known to cause injuries. Our attorneys are experienced in handling premises liability claims, and are qualified to evaluate claims including: children falling from windows that do not have working latches or window guards, broken steps, broken handrails, stairs or railings that are missing or in disrepair, broken ladders or rungs, stair rails or balusters that are too wide, cracked sidewalks, broken doors, broken sliding glass doors, faulty electrical outlets, inadequate security or security gates, doors or alarms, children drowning in pools, broken elevators or elevator shafts, dumb waiters and fires from poor electrical wiring. 

Fire claims can require substantial forensic analysis.  These claims include apartment fires, duplex fires and house fires.  Often, injuries result where the owner failed to provide a required fire alarm or smoke detector, or from a lack of fire alarms and smoke detectors; or a lack of fire escape.  Injuries can also be caused from holes on the property, a hole in the driveway or a hole in the sidewalk or grass, and dangerous power lines. Carbon monoxide exposure can be another cause of serious injury or death. Our attorneys have evaluated claims in many of these contexts.

If you have been injured on another's property, it is important to have an Oregon attorney evaluate any claim you may have against the land owner, manager or landlord. The law provides strict deadlines for bringing injury, insurance and wrongful death claims. It is critical that you contact an attorney if you think that you may have a claim. An Oregon or Washington personal injury attorney based in Portland at Vangelisti Kocher LLP can provide you a free consultation to discuss your injuries and legal rights with respect to a premises liability claim.