Hotels must provide their guests with a certain level of care, including maintaining their premises to protect health and safety. This includes maintaining parking lots, lobbies, interior restaurants, pools, hallways, and hotel rooms. If you were injured because a hotel failed to ensure this level of care, you can file a premises liability claim. A Lafourche Parish hotel accident lawyer can help you navigate this claim and recover the costs of your injury.
Filing a claim against a negligent hotel owner can help you financially recover and potentially prevent others from being hurt by the same hazard. At Hammond Law Firm, LLC, we can help you determine how to hold a hotel’s owner or manager liable and calculate your damages. With decades of legal experience, our team can advocate for your financial interests and work to secure the recovery you deserve.
There are numerous ways that injuries can happen on hotel premises, particularly when necessary care is not taken. Some common hazards at hotels may include:
The managers and owners of hotels have a standard of care they must meet. This generally means they must address hazards on their property that they are aware of, either by fixing it or warning guests until it can be fixed. If owners do not do this, and someone is hurt, the owner can be liable for those injuries. Owners may also be liable for dangers they should have been aware of, depending on the circumstances.
The compensation you can recover after a hotel accident will depend on the damages you sustained. You may be able to recover damages like medical bills, lost income, and property damage. You could also recover the value of your pain and suffering and other intangible losses.
An attorney gives you a greater chance of obtaining a successful claim and can support you in every step of the process. Hotel owners, management, and their insurance companies will do what they can to limit their liability.
In some cases, this even means blaming you for the accident or claiming you were not actually injured as seriously as you claim. When you work with an attorney, they can protect you against these tactics and know how to advocate for your interests.
An attorney can calculate your economic and non-economic damages. They have a lot of experience doing this and know how to determine the immediate and long-term financial consequences your injury will have on your life. By entering negotiations with this information, your attorney will have a better time securing a fair settlement.
Insurance companies do not have your interests in mind. Contact Hammond Law Firm, LLC, today and let us help protect your financial interests against commercial insurers.