Dallas Premises Liability Attorney

How many places do you go each week? From trips to the grocery store and the bank to fun outings with the family and friends, you probably go all over town. When you go somewhere, the last thing you think about it getting injured.

• Unfortunately, sometimes accidents happen and they aren’t your fault.

If you are hurt on someone else’s property and you believe the property owner’s negligence caused your injury, you may need a premises liability attorney in Dallas. At The Law Office of Dorothy Hyde, you will have a team with experience to fight by your side and ensure you are properly compensated for your injuries.

Property owners and their agents (managers, employees, etc.) have a responsibility to ensure that anyone who is welcome on their property is safe from hazards. 

Any place that welcomes the public has codes they must abide by. From the construction phase to everyday operations, owners have a duty to ensure that those who come onto their property will experience a safe environment. In stores, employees have a duty to ensure that all hazards are taken care of promptly, including cleaning up spills and putting hazardous materials away. Slip and fall accidents are one of the main types of injuries when it comes to premises liability cases, but they are also one of the most preventable.

When you go to a public park, whether it is operated by a government or private entity, they must maintain all equipment to ensure that you and your loved ones remain safe. If there are loose boards on a walkway and you trip and injure yourself, the property owner could be held liable.

If you are invited to a private residence, the property owner has an obligation to ensure you are safe from hazards that are foreseeable. For example, if there are loose bricks on a walkway or broken railings that cause harm to someone, the property owners could be held liable for injuries. 

While most workplace injuries will be covered by workers’ compensation insurance, there are times when an employer or property owner’s negligence put people in unreasonably dangerous situations. In these cases, they may be held liable for damages and injuries. 

Don’t wait to seek legal advice if you get hurt on someone else’s property. The clock starts ticking from the moment you are injured and you have a two-year statute of limitations in Texas. Even if the injury seems minor at first, know that some injuries don’t become worse until much later, so you need to get the ball rolling. When you need a Dallas premises liability attorney, turn to the team with experience. At the Law Office of Dorothy Hyde, you will have an attorney who will stop at nothing to get you the compensation you deserve, from money to handle your medical bills to lost income and more. You can contact us for a free consultation by clicking here or calling us at (214) 883-1700. 

People visit beauty salons regularly to treat themselves to cosmetic and beauty procedures for various reasons. Some visit beauty salons to look picture-perfect for an important event later that day (a business meeting, company holiday party, romantic date, etc.), while others go to beauty and nail salons to maintain their beauty (manicure, pedicure, haircut, hair dyeing, massage, etc.).

There are thousands of beauty salons in Dallas and other cities across Texas. But one such trip to a beauty salon can become a disaster that can ruin not just one evening, but a few precious months or years of your life. Yes, we are talking about injuries, illnesses, and infections related to beauty salon accidents.

“Nail and beauty salons in Dallas and all across Texas have a legal duty to maintain their premises in a safe, clean, and sanitary condition to keep their customers and visitors safe,” says our Dallas beauty salon accident attorney at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde. “All this can be done through exercising reasonable care.”.

Unfortunately, there are many hair and nail salons in our state that breach this legal duty of care and fail to comply with a variety of strict health, safety, and sanitary requirements imposed by Texas premises liability law.

While many of you might think that premises liability law covers slip and fall accidents and other similar accidents, this is not entirely true. For example, you may be able to sue a beauty salon for failure to ensure that it used a product that is safe and not expired or recalled.

In addition to that, beauty salons can be held accountable for any injuries resulting from their failure to ensure that all chemicals and products used on their customers are safe and free of contamination. Also, there are strict regulations for how these products and chemicals should be used, so if a member of a beauty salon fails to use a product as directed or instructed, you may be entitled to monetary compensation for your resulting injury or harm.

Our experienced beauty salon accident attorney in Dallas says that hiring properly trained and educated salon technicians is one of the basic legal duties that nail, hair, and other beauty salons have in Texas.

Many regular visitors of beauty salons do not know what kind of injuries they can suffer at hair, nail, and massage salons. If you look at the most common beauty salon injuries, you will realize that you can get injured during pretty much any procedure or treatment. Let’s review the most common types of injuries that can occur in beauty salon accidents:

• Cuts, lacerations, and abrasions;
• Back damage, broken bones, and head injuries from slip and fall or trip and fall accidents;
• Chemical burns;
• Wax burns;
• Laser burns;
• Scarring;
• Disfigurement;
• Infections, including deadly ones;
• Hair loss and other scalp-related injuries;
• Damages to nerves and muscles; and
• Allergic reaction.

Regardless of the type of injury or harm that you suffered in a hair or nail salon accident, you will need a Dallas beauty salon accident lawyer to prove negligence or carelessness on the part of the salon and/or any of its technicians in order to recover damages. Causes of beauty salon accidents vary greatly, but the most common ones are as follows:

• Failure to sanitize and clean tools and equipment before procedures;
• Using products or chemicals that have never been tested before or are unsafe to use;
• Failure to perform a procedure safely or as directed;
• Negligently performing a procedure;
• Failure to comply with strict safety and sanitary regulations;
• Using contaminated or expired products; and
• Failure to warn visitors of hidden or non-obvious hazards on the premises.

Schedule a free consultation with our premises liability lawyers from Law Office of Dorothy Hyde to guide you through the process of seeking compensation from a beauty salon and help you put a dollar figure on your case. Call our offices at (214) 883-1700 today.

You can get injured pretty much anywhere, on both private and public property. However, most victims of slip and fall accidents and other accidents that fall under the umbrella of premises liability law have no idea whether they were injured on private or public property.

Our Dallas public property accident attorney from Law Office of Dorothy Hyde explains that accidents can happen anywhere, including but not limited to parking lots, sidewalks, roadways, parks, public playgrounds, and other places. When injured in any of these areas, prior to fling a lawsuit to recover damages you will have to determine who owns that property, who is responsible for inspection and maintenance of that property, and which party failed to prevent the accident through exercising reasonable care.

More often than not, seeking compensation for your injury on a private property such as a restaurant, shopping mall, beauty salon, or any other commercial establishment is not as complicated and confusing as suing a public or government entity.

Our experienced public property accident attorney in Dallas explains that suing a city, municipality, state, or any other government agency or public entity for its failure to exercise reasonable care on public property can be tricky, because many such properties are used by thousands of people each day and a dangerous condition can be created any second.

Yes, establishing liability in a slip and fall accident or any other premises liability accident on a public property may not be as straightforward as suing the owner or occupier of a private property who failed to keep you safe on the property, but nonetheless, you are entitled to seek compensation for your injury that occurs on private property in Dallas or elsewhere in Texas.

Unfortunately, public entities are more likely to fight back by hiring a skilled and aggressive defense lawyer who will attempt to either minimize your compensation or deny your claim altogether.

Moreover, there are special state requirements and procedures when it comes to filing a personal injury or premises liability claim against a government entity in Dallas or elsewhere in Texas. Our Dallas premises liability lawyer says that one of the many differences between filing a personal injury claim against a private and public entity is that there are shorter time limits for the latter.

Your personal injury case may fall under the category of “public property accident” if you sustain an injury on any of the following properties, which are often owned, controlled, and maintained by government or public entities:

• Street
• Roadway
• Sidewalk
• Parking lot
• Public park (national or state)
• Public school
• Public library
• Public playground
• Government office building
• Court building and
• Public health facility

We offer a free consultation to discuss your case and answer any questions you may have. Contact us today to schedule your free consultation. 

Causes of accidents on public properties vary from one case to another, but the most common causes include:

• Wet or slippery surfaces
• Inadequate lighting
• Uneven or cracked surfaces on the ground or flooring
• Potholes or other hidden and non-obvious holes
• Unmarked construction sites and
• Foreign obstacles on the ground

In order to receive compensation for your injury in a public property accident, you will have to prove that the accident was caused by a dangerous condition which should have not been there had the government or public entity responsible for maintaining that property exercised a reasonable duty of care.

Let our premises liability lawyers at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde review your particular case and determine the value of your personal injury claim. Let us guide you through the complicated process of filing a premises liability claim against a public entity in Texas. Call our offices at (214) 883-1700 to schedule a free consultation today.

Seventy-five percent of all Americans visit shopping malls at least once a month, where they spend trillions of dollars per year. Fact: Each year, Americans spend between $5 trillion and $7 trillion.

Many of you might think, “Well, we bring shopping malls stratospheric amounts of money in revenue, so they must be caring a lot about our safety!” Wrong. Unfortunately, whether you visit shopping malls to purchase new stuff or simply walk around and look at all kinds of expensive things displayed there, you are at an equal risk of suffering an injury.

Each year, thousands of Americans get injured in shopping mall accidents in Dallas, Texas, and all across the United States. Even though shoppers bring so much revenue to these multi-billion corporations, they still fail to keep us safe on their property.

Our Dallas shopping mall accident attorney at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde says that in the vast majority of such accidents, the owner of the mall or businesses that rent a space in the mall can be held responsible for injuries and harm caused to shoppers. Unfortunately, not many of these victims realize that they have a legitimate claim and are entitled to seek compensation for their injury in a shopping mall.

If you have been injured at a shopping mall, the first thing you need to do after seeking medical attention and documenting your injury (one of the most important step in the process of recovering damages!) is determining the liable party.

Our experienced shopping center accident attorney in Dallas explains that you may be able to file a premises liability claim against either the shopping mall itself (if the accident occurred in a common area) or one of the businesses that rents a space in that mall, or both.

As you may have guessed, you may be able to seek compensation from the individual business renting a space in the shopping mall if you got injured within the premises of the space that is being rented by that retail store or other type of business. Thus, when determining liability much depends on the exact spot where you sustained an injury.

Under Texas premises liability law, each business has a legal duty to keep its premises clean, safe, sanitary, and free of any hazardous conditions. This applies to both the shopping mall itself and individual businesses renting spaces in that mall. The shopping center has a duty to maintain all common areas in a safe condition. These common areas include but are not limited to walkways between rented spaces, parking lots, elevators, and escalators.

Types of accidents at shopping malls range from slip and fall accidents, parking lot accidents, and elevator/escalator accidents to falling debris or merchandise, trampling, assaults and battery, sexual assaults, and robberies. Yes, many things can go wrong at a shopping mall no matter how harmless those malls may seem.

Although you may have heard that shopping malls are closing all across the country due to the ever-increasing popularity of e-Commerce, it does not change the fact that these shopping centers still carry insurance coverage, and insurers of shopping centers should pay for any injuries and damages caused to shoppers in shopping mall accidents.

Our Dallas shopping mall accident lawyer at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde says that you may be able to file a lawsuit against multiple parties, depending on the circumstances of your case. Generally, you may be able to recover damages from any or several of the following parties:

• The owner of the shopping mall or management company
• A business or retail store renting a space at the mall
• Manufacturer or maintenance company of defective escalators, elevators, or other machinery and equipment that caused your injury and
• Other customers or visitor

As long as you have a skilled premises liability lawyer by your side to prove negligence on the part of the shopping mall or individual retail store or any other liable party, you will be able to get compensated for your medical expenses, loss of income, pain and suffering, and other damages. Consult with our lawyers at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde to speak about your case. Schedule a free consultation by calling at (214) 883-1700.

The owner of any property has a legal duty to ensure the safety of all persons lawfully on that property through enacting reasonable and adequate security measures such as providing proper lighting, installing locks, hiring guards and security personnel, and installing surveillance cameras, among other things.

Although these security measures cannot prevent 100 percent of all accidents and incidents on the property, they can prevent predictable criminal activity such as robbery, assault, battery, sexual assault and rape, homicide, and other types of violence that may cause injury to unsuspecting visitors and customers on the property.

“As we have mentioned earlier, a property owner cannot be held liable for all types of accidents and incidents on his or her property, only those that could have been prevented by means of adequate security,” explains our Dallas negligent security accident attorney at the Law Office of Dorothy Hyde.

If a visitor sustained injury on a property in a reasonably foreseeable accident or incident and the property owner failed to prevent due to negligent security, the injured party may be entitled to compensation through the legal theory of premises liability.

In other words, if negligent or inadequate security is to blame for your injury on someone else’s property, you may have a right to file a premises liability lawsuit against the owner or occupier of the property for his or her failure to ensure your safety.

“By providing negligent security on the property, the owner or occupier of that property is exposing licensees, invitees, and even trespassers to a risk of bodily injury or death in a crime or any other incident,” says our experienced inadequate security attorney in Dallas.

Negligent or inadequate security can become the primary or secondary cause of a visitor’s injury on many types of property, including but not limited to:

• Hotel
• Bank and other financial institution
• Government building
• Post office
• Shopping mall
• Grocery store
• Department store
• Movie theater
• Bar, nightclub, restaurant or any other entertainment establishment
• Retail store
• Apartment building
• Parking lot
• School and college
• At an ATM machine outdoors or indoors
• Hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities
• Gas station and
• Gym and other sports venues

Proving that security measures on a property were negligent or inadequate and that this factor became the direct or proximate cause of your injury or your loved one’s death on the property may not be as it easy as it seems.

In order to establish that security measures were negligent, your premises liability lawyer will have to collect the following types of evidence:

• Inadequate security: faulty or non-existent locks, insufficient number of guards, lack of surveillance cameras, poor lighting, lack of fences, etc.
• History of complaints, incidents or crimes. If a property owner has received complaints about negligent security measures in the past, and failed to address them, which ultimately resulted in injury to a visitor, that property owner will be held liable. The same can be said if there were similar incidents or crimes on that property in the past, and the owner or occupier of the property did little to nothing to prevent these incidents and crimes from reoccurring by means of adequate security.
• Maintenance. Many incidents and crimes on a property can be caused by the owner’s failure to properly maintain his or her security measures such as cameras and lighting as well as external barriers such as fences, doors, and windows. If these elements of security were faulty, broken, or defective at the time of your incident, and the owner was either aware or should have been aware of the problem but failed to fix it in a timely manner, you may be entitled to financial compensation.

As you can see, proving that security measures on a property were negligent is no easy task, which is why we encourage you to speak to our premises liability lawyers at the Law Office of Dorothy Hyde to discuss your case. Call our offices at (214) 883-1700 for a free case evaluation.

Tattoo artists reusing needles or failing to wash their hands before tattooing people… If this sounds like a fabricated story parents would tell their children to discourage them from getting a tattoo, you may be surprised to find out that this sort of conduct can actually happen to any of us. True story.

Yes, getting a tattoo is more popular than ever before, and it’s getting practically impossible to see a person with no tattoos whatsoever nowadays. But with the increased popularity of tattoos in Texas and all across the U.S., and with tattoo parlors springing up like weeds in May all across the nation, there is a heightened risk of getting injured in a tattoo parlor accident.

“The vast majority of these accidents are caused by negligence or carelessness on the part of tattoo artists or their employers,” says a Dallas tattoo parlor accident attorney at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde. “While it may be scary to think even for a second that you can be injured or harmed at a tattoo parlor, do not worry – you have a right to seek compensation for your injuries and resulting damages if you can prove that the tattoo parlor or its workers failed to take reasonable safety precautions to prevent harm.”

While it may seem as if all tattoo parlor accidents are related to the process of getting a tattoo, this is not true. In fact, a slip and fall accident is one of the most common causes of injuries at tattoo parlors in Dallas and elsewhere in Texas. Injuries caused by the property owner and his/her employees’ failure to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe and sanitary condition free of any hazardous conditions include the following factors:

• Wet and slippery floors
• Chemical spills
• Inadequate lighting
• Uneven or damaged flooring or carpets
• Liquids or food on the floor
• Trip-and-fall hazards on the floor
• Improperly secured electrical cords and
• Improperly maintained electrical equipment, machinery, elevators, escalators, and other

As for the tattoo parlor accidents that occur in the course of tattooing, your injury can be caused by any of the following negligent acts:

• Using contaminated, defective, or otherwise unsafe ink
• Reusing needles, which can result in a blood-borne disease
• Allergic reaction
• Failure to properly wash hands
• Failure to sterilize, sanitize, and clean equipment, tools, and work surfaces
• Contracting a transmittable disease or illness from the tattoo artist
• Performing a procedure in an unsanitary environment
• Failure to review your medical history
• Failure to confirm your age
• The tattoo artist is not properly trained or qualified to perform the procedure
• Failure to wear disposable gloves and
• Failure to give adequate after-care advice

“These negligent acts, which are a clear violation of health and safety regulations imposed by Texas law, can put your health in danger,” says our experienced tattoo parlor accident attorney in Dallas. Tattoo parlor accidents can result in the following injuries:

• Infections
• Scarring
• Blood-borne disease
• Hepatitis
• HIV
• Allergic reactions
• Disfigurement
• Amputations
• Permanent damage to nerves and muscles
• Burns
• Strains and sprains
• Cuts, lacerations, and abrasions
• Back and neck injuries, head trauma, and broken bones (from slip and fall accidents)

If you want to recover damages after a tattoo parlor accident, you need to have evidence to prove that the actions on the part of the parlor or its tattoo artist amounted to negligence or carelessness, and you also need to have a clear understanding of how the claims process works. Let our Dallas premises liability lawyers at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde provide you a free consultation and help seek compensation on your behalf. Call our offices at (214) 883-1700 to speak about your case.

Going on a vacation is arguably the most joyful and exciting experience for many people in our country regardless of whether you book a hotel room somewhere in Dallas, Texas, or elsewhere in the U.S. or are vacationing abroad.

And while most of us expect the hotel to care about our safety and eliminate all obvious and non-obvious risks to our safety and health for the duration of our stay, there are many hotels, motels, and resorts that fail to provide safe premises to all their guests and ensure a high standard of care.

“Interestingly, hotel owners have the same legal duty of care to protect U.S. citizens from harm both in the U.S. and when vacationing in other countries,” says our Dallas hotel accident attorney at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde.

If you were injured at a hotel in your room, lobby, bathroom, swimming pool, parking lot, or any other area on the hotel’s property, you may be able to hold the hotel responsible for your injury. However, there are certain elements of a personal injury claim that you will have to establish with the help of a skilled premises liability lawyer in order to receive compensation.

More often than not, hotels are sued by their guests in personal injury lawsuits due to the hotel’s negligent maintenance of its grounds. If a hotel fails to take reasonable care of its premises and maintain it in a safe and sanitary condition, that hotel is breaching its duty of care and can be held liable for any resulting damages and losses suffered by the injured guest.

However, since most hotels hire the best defense lawyers in Texas, proving negligence or carelessness on the part of a hotel can be extremely difficult. Hotels and their insurance companies are not eager to provide payments left and right, which is why they may:

• attempt to review your personal injury claim under the magnifying glass to find even the slightest errors to give them basis for denying your claim
• delay investigation or payment of your claim to wait until you leave their hotel and carry on with your life (and, as they hope, forget about the accident)
• destroy or tamper with evidence that proves the hotel’s liability
• argue that you assumed the risk of bodily injury when participating in a given activity
• argue that you acted negligently and contributed to the hotel accident and
• argue that the dangerous condition that caused your injury was obvious and you were reasonably expected to notice it and avoid this accident

As you may have guessed, these are just a small fraction of deceitful, manipulative, unfair, and dishonest tactics used by insurance companies, hotels, and their lawyers to deny your claim or substantially minimize its value.

Our experienced hotel accident attorney in Dallas has outlined some of the most common causes of guest injury for which a hotel can be held liable:

• Slip and fall accidents caused by the hotel staff’s failure to clean up spills and accumulation of liquid within a reasonable amount of time;
• Trip and fall accidents caused by frayed, wrinkled or damaged carpets, uneven steps or flooring, uncovered cables, crumbling concrete, and other hazards;
• Poorly maintained or supervised swimming pools;
• Selling or serving spoiled, expired, or otherwise unsafe food (food poisoning accidents);
• Elevator, escalator, and staircase accidents;
• Parking lot accidents;
• Accidents and incidents caused by inadequate security measures or poor lighting;
• Insect and bed bug infestation;
• Infections from unsafe showers, bathtubs, and toilets;
• Toxic mold in walls and ceiling;
• Poorly maintained, defective, faulty, or otherwise dangerous products and furniture on the property;
• Burn injuries and electrocutions caused by faulty electrical appliances and exposed electrical wires; and
• Criminal activity or theft on the hotel’s premises.

Generally, in order to prove the hotel’s fault in a hotel accident and hold it responsible for your injury, you will need to prove that (a) the hotel was aware or should have been aware of the dangerous condition that caused or contributed to your injury, and (b) the hotel failed to remedy the condition or address the issue that caused or contributed to your injury.

In any case, it’s always a good idea to consult with a Dallas hotel injury lawyer. Contact Law Office of Dorothy Hyde for a free case evaluation. Call our offices at (214) 883-1700 today.

People go out to eat at their favorite restaurant not only for the cuisine, but also for the experience of meeting new people, socializing, listening to live music, and relaxing after a long and productive week or a hectic day. When you go to a restaurant, the last thing you think about is the likelihood of getting injured at a restaurant.

Unfortunately, that risk does exist, as evident from the increasing number of personal injury claims filed by Americans injured in restaurant accidents in Dallas, Texas, and all across the U.S.

A Dallas restaurant accident attorney at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde explains that many restaurants in our city have both hidden and obvious risks to your safety and health. These include but are not limited to wet and slippery floors, faulty or broken furniture, and even expired and spoiled food.

More often than not, restaurant customers and patrons have a right to seek compensation from the restaurant that failed to keep them safe on the premises. However, although you may have a right to recover damages for your injury at a restaurant, you are required to prove that (a) the restaurant knew or should have known about the hazardous condition, and (b) the restaurant failed to remedy this condition in a timely manner.

Sometimes, patrons are able to sue restaurants for third-party attacks when the injured patron can prove that the restaurant failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the attack. Regardless of what caused your injury, our experienced restaurant accident attorney in Dallas will be able to help you identify the most optimal legal strategy and seek compensation for your damages and losses.

In order to keep their premises in a safe and sanitary condition, restaurants are expected to conduct routine inspections and maintenance. However, in no way does it mean that a restaurant can be held liable for 100 percent of all injuries to their customers and patrons.

To establish liable parties in a restaurant accident case, a lawyer will have to investigate how long the dangerous condition existed prior to the accident, whether the restaurant knew or should have known about the condition, whether there were previous complaints about this condition from other patrons, and, finally, whether another reasonably prudent restaurant would have prevented this accident under similar circumstances.

It is true that a restaurant cannot be expected to prevent all kinds of injuries and accidents on its property, but the longer a dangerous condition exists without being noticed or addressed by the restaurant, the higher the likelihood that the injured party will be able to hold that restaurant liable for his or her injury

Contrary to the popular belief, a restaurant’s duty of care extends not only to those who have ordered or paid for their food, but also their prospective customers who have not ordered anything yet. In other words, if you got injured at a restaurant immediately upon entering the premises, the restaurant can be held liable for your injury even though you were not its “customer” at the time of the accident.

Our Dallas restaurant injury lawyer at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde also reminds that restaurants can be held liable for injuries caused by other customers and patrons. For example, if a restaurant was aware that a patron is aggressive or otherwise dangerous, but failed to protect another patron from being hurt by the dangerous patron, the restaurant will be held liable for any resulting injuries.

Schedule a free consultation with our premises liability attorneys to discuss your particular situation. Give us a call at (214) 883-1700 and let’s figure out your best legal strategy together.

Taking a dip in the swimming pool is one of the most pleasant experiences on a hot, sunny day regardless of whether you are staying at a hotel in Dallas or elsewhere in Texas or are visiting a friend who installed a swimming pool on his or her backyard.

Unfortunately, swimming pool accidents do happen, and taking a dip in the pool or simply walking by the pool with a Pina Colada in your left hand and an iPhone X in your right hand can result in a severe injury from a slip and fall accident. What’s more, your iPhone X may not survive a fall in the water, so, in addition to spending a tremendous amount of money on medical treatment, you will need to spend hundreds of dollars to repair your phone or buy a new one.

This begs the question, “Can you recover damages by suing the owner of the swimming pool where the accident took place?” Our Dallas swimming pool accident attorney at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde answers, “Yes, you may be able to seek compensation for your personal injury and property damage, but this depends on a variety of factors that must be considered prior to taking legal action.”

For starters, how many Pina Coladas did you drink prior to the swimming pool accident? Alcohol intoxication can cause disorientation, difficulty walking, and poor coordination, among other symptoms, which is why the owner of the swimming pool may argue that your drunkenness caused or contributed to the accident.

Under Texas premises liability law, you have the right to recover damages after a swimming pool accident regardless of whether you were injured at a private or public property. Both business owners and homeowners have a legal duty to maintain their pools in a safe condition, eliminate dangerous conditions, and supervise guests to prevent harm.

In fact, under the “attractive nuisance” doctrine, you may be able to hold a homeowner or business owner responsible for your child’s injury even if your child was trespassing at the time of the swimming pool accident.

When it comes to suing a hotel or any other public establishment, our experienced swimming pool accident attorney in Dallas warns that there may be multiple liable parties involved, including but not limited to the hotel, swimming pool operator, the company responsible for construction, installation, repair, and maintenance of that swimming pool, the lifeguard company, other hotel guests, and other parties.

Regardless of whether you are a licensee, invitee, or trespasser (only under the attractive nuisance doctrine) on a public or private property with a swimming pool, you may be able to seek compensation for your injury when it was caused by the owner’s failure to:

1. Adhere to Texas law’s building codes for swimming pools
2. Follow requirements and standards for construction, installation, repair, and maintenance of swimming pools imposed by Texas law
3. Repair a structural defect in the swimming pool
4. Fix and eliminate cracks, holes, and other structural damages in and around the pool
5. Clean slippery and wet walking surfaces
6. Clean the pool adequately
7. Properly use cleaning agents in the pool, which may cause chemical irritations, chemical burns, and other harm to swimmers
8. Install adequate warnings for the swimming pool
9. Install appropriate diving areas and depth markers
10. Have a lifeguard on duty as required by federal and state law in Texas
11. Eliminate electrical hazards in and around the swimming pool
12. Comply with plumbing requirements
13. Install proper filtration systems
14. Properly conduct wastewater treatment
15. Install adequate lighting
16. Install safety equipment
17. Repair or replace loose tiles
18. Fix cracked pavement
19. Clean up broken glass in and around the swimming pool
20. Fix sharp edges inside the pool
21. Prevent overcrowding beyond the pool’s safe capacity
22. Ensure adequate supervision and
23. Ensure proper training for lifeguards and other staff members

Speak to our Dallas swimming pool injury lawyer at Law Office of Dorothy Hyde to identify the cause of your accident in or around the pool, establish liable parties, and file a personal injury claim to seek compensation for your financial damages and losses. Schedule a free consultation by calling at (214) 883-1700.

With millions of Americans attending sporting events and sports venues each month, it is hardly surprising that accidents do happen and attendants, both spectators and participants, can get injured.

It does not matter which sport you prefer – hockey, football, baseball, motor sport, basketball, hurling, or golf – there is always a risk of injury at any sporting event, especially when the owner of the sports venue where the event is held is negligent or careless.

“Most spectators fail to protect their rights in the event of sporting event injuries, largely because the owner of the stadium, arena or other sports venue, sponsors or organizers of the event may attempt to deny personal injury claims by arguing that the spectator assumed the risk of bodily injury,” explains our Dallas sporting event accident attorney from the Law Office of Dorothy Hyde.

Simply attending a sporting event does not mean that you assume the risk of injury or harm. Sports venues require vigilance, adequate security measures, proper maintenance, and constant upkeep to ensure the safety of thousands of spectators and fans. Unfortunately, owners, sponsors, and organizers may fail to keep fans safe during a sporting event because these sports venues can be packed full of people, who can cause a variety of hazards any second.

When attending a sporting event, you have a right to expect that whoever owns the property on which the event is held or whoever sponsors or organizes it will exercise reasonable care to ensure your safety at the stadium, arena, or any other sports venue. “After all, you are paying money to get there, so you might have a right to recover damages in the event of injury,” reminds our experienced sporting event accident attorney in Dallas.

Causes of sporting event accidents vary from one case to another, but the most common ones are:

• Overcrowding, and poor crowd control, which can cause a stampede
• Poorly maintained seats
• Improperly designed or constructed stands
• Lack of plastic or plexiglass barrier or other protective barriers and screens to shield you from balls, bats, and other objects that might be thrown at the spectators
• Inadequate lighting
• Slippery and wet floors and surfaces
• Faulty or broken stairs and stairways
• Poorly maintained walkways, sidewalks, and pavement
• Negligent security measures, resulting in fights, altercations and other types of violence between fans
• Lack of supervision and entry restriction policies to prevent injuries caused by intoxicated spectators
• Pedestrian and car accidents at the sports venue caused by inadequate crowd or traffic control and
• Faulty or lack of railings

Obviously, neither the owner of a sports venue nor the sponsor/organizer of the sporting event can be held liable for 100 percent of all injuries to spectators, only those that are reasonably foreseeable and caused by the owner or organizer’s failure to eliminate a safety hazard.

There are a number of precautions the owner and sponsor must take to ensure the safety of spectators and fans, including but not limited to:

• Inspecting the arena, stadium, or other sports venue to check for defects and potential hazards
• Installing safety devices to protect visitors and spectators from reasonably foreseeable harm
• Eliminating safety risks and fixing potential hazards before fans arrive and
• Warning spectators and visitors of any unrepaired safety hazards that were not fixed

Whether or not you are entitled to recover damages for your injury at a sporting event will depend on many factors, which is why speaking to a Dallas premises liability lawyer is highly advised to protect your rights and ensure that you are getting the compensation you deserve. Let our attorneys at the Law Office of Dorothy Hyde help you prove that the owner, sponsor, or organizer of the event breached a duty of care, which caused your injury. Schedule a free consultation by calling at (214) 883-1700.