There are two kinds of slip or trip and falls in a public space. One is a situation where the property owner has modified or designed a facility that is inherently unsafe. An example of this might be stairs that are placed in an unexpected place and difficult to see. People may think they’re walking […]

Older homes sometimes pose unusual safety hazards, for example, their stairs may be steeper than modern Milwaukee law allows. The stairs that don’t conform to modern standards are often “grandfathered” in, meaning that the codes will not be enforced in this instance. Despite that, responsible homeowners, as much as possible, are going to make their […]

Q: What actions might a homeowner do rise to the level of negligence when someone gets hurt on their property? A common example of a homeowner’s negligence, done without a thought about safety to people who may visit them, is when someone removes a stairwell handrail to a basement or an attic in order to […]

Q:  What is premises liability? “Premises Liability” is what we call cases that involve injury due to the conditions of a physical place.  These cases include slip/trip and falls, defective railings, failure to shovel or salt, and sometimes more unusual cases like underage drinking, sexual assault or physical assaults.  Q: What if someone gets injured […]