Premises liability claims occur when you are injured while on someone else’s property. We occasionally get questions regarding injuries from popular summer activities, like skateboarding or roller skating while on public sidewalks.
More often than not, if you get injured while you are on a public sidewalk doing these activities, you are not going to have a claim, because those activities tend to have inherit risk to them. If you are doing that activity, you may very well become injured while you are doing it for no fault of anybody else’s but your own. You are not going to be able to bring a claim.
On the other hand, if there was something that was defective with the property, even if it was public, such as the government was aware that a portion of the sidewalk was collapsing or could collapse at any time and nobody did anything but put up signs and you got injured, then you could potentially bring a claim against them.
It is also important to note that with a claim against a municipality or a government entity, the time to bring a claim is much shorter. You often have only 180 days you need bring your claim or put them on notice of a claim before you could do anything.
If you have any questions, call or text the premises liability lawyers at 612-INJURED at (612) 465-8733 for a free consultation.
