Just like the owners of restaurants, bars, and retail stores, hotel owners have a duty of care toward all their guests, which requires those owners to keep their property in a reasonably safe condition. Unfortunately, not everyone who operates this kind of business does so with the diligence and care they should—and even worse, they often try to use liability waivers and other legal workarounds to avoid being held civilly at fault for injuries they allow visitors to sustain on their land.
For that reason and many others, working closely with a seasoned personal injury attorney can be all but essential to getting a favorable result from a case built around a hotel injury. From beginning to end of your legal proceedings, a Tempe hotel accident lawyer from Phillips Law Group will work tirelessly and efficiently to get you every cent of restitution you deserve, even if that requires filing a formal lawsuit and going to court on your behalf.
When Is Hotel Management Liable for an Injury?
While hotel owners and operators are not automatically liable for every injury on their property, they are responsible for injuries caused specifically by hazardous conditions they had direct or constructive knowledge of but failed to address properly. In this context, someone has constructive knowledge of a dangerous property condition if, through reasonably consistent inspection or maintenance of that property, they should have already discovered the hazard and done something about it.
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With this in mind, examples of scenarios that could possibly give rise to a hotel injury lawsuit include:
- Electrocution from frayed cords or faulty sockets
- Slips and falls caused by unmarked spills or broken floor coverings
- Injuries caused by elevator or escalator malfunction
- Food poisoning or other harm caused by unsanitary conditions in kitchens or dining halls
- Inadequate security in rooms or parking garages
A Tempe hotel accident attorney can answer questions during a free, no-obligation consultation about whether a particular incident might justify a civil claim.
Recovering for Short-Term and Long-Term Losses
If negligent hotel maintenance or management directly leads to a guest sustaining a preventable injury, that guest can demand civil compensation for every negative effect that injury will ever have on them. On the economic side of things, compensable damages can include not only past and future costs of medical treatment, but also lost work income, lost long-term working capacity, and various expenses stemming from personal property damage or loss.
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Non-economic damages like physical pain and psychological suffering can naturally be more difficult to assign specific financial values to, but they often represent a significant portion of recoverable losses in Tempe hotel accident lawsuits. Support from a knowledgeable lawyer can be key to identifying all damages that should be factored into a particular claim and proactively demanding restitution for each and every one of them.
Contact a Tempe Hotel Accident Attorney Today
Even if your hotel is not quite a home away from home, you still deserve to be safe from unreasonably dangerous hazards at all times during your stay. If you instead sustained a serious injury because of negligence by your hotel’s owner, manager, or staff members, you may be entitled to seek financial recovery for the harm your injury has caused you already and will likely cause you in the future.
However, getting a favorable resolution from this type of civil claim can be next to impossible without the support of a seasoned Tempe hotel accident lawyer. Call Phillips Law Group today to learn more about the help our legal team can provide you.