Client Discovery in a Premise Liability Lawsuit

If you are injured due to negligence on someone else’s property, you need to act quickly.  As soon as you are physically able, return to the site and take pictures of the damage or unsafe condition that caused your injury and led to your premise liability claim.  If you are physically unable to do so, ask a family member or friend to provide your premise liability attorney with this information for your premise liability claim. 

Write out your recollection of the events thoroughly so your lawyer knows what you saw and experienced and can use that as evidence in your premise liability lawsuit.  Take pictures of your injuries soon after the premise liability claim accident.  Provide your lawyer with a record of all your medical injuries, treatments, doctors, and costs involved with your premise liability claim. 

You should also continue to document what happens during the premise liability claim process.  It can all be important as your personal injury attorney prepares your premise liability lawsuit.

Personal Injury Attorney Discovery in a Premise Liability Lawsuit
Next, your legal team will begin the discovery process for other evidence pertinent to your claim. Premise liability attorneys may be able to compile this evidence themselves or use an investigator to provide evidence for your premise liability claim.  The discovery process for your case may take some time.

Discovery of Property Ownership in a Premise Liability Claim
The property where the accident occured wil have to be inspected.  If the accident was due to damage or an unsafe condition on commercial property, your lawyer must determine whom the owner of the property is and who is responsible for maintenance of that property.  You can file a premise liability lawsuit naming several people or entities as defendants, but the more accurate your premise liability lawsuit is, the smoother the process.  In addition, your legal team must discover a history of repairs at the location of your premise liability claim accident.

Who is responsible for repairs and which subcontractors might have been employed who either failed to make those repairs or made them negligently, making them a defendant in your premise liability lawsuit.

• Are there architects responsible for design flaws causing your accident who should be defendants in your premise liability lawsuit?
• Are there safety inspectors who failed to note the unsafe condition, making them a part of your premise liability lawsuit?
• Is there surveillance tapes showing your accident, providing evidence for your premise liability lawsuit?
• Are there employees who can testify to the condition of the property and the consistency of maintenance, providing evidence for your premise liability lawsuit?

Legal & Repair History Relating to Your Premise Liability Claim

• Is there a history of injuries like yours, providing grounds for your premise liability lawsuit?
• Have there been injuries or warnings that were partially addressed in the past, showing incomplete maintenance and grounds for your premise liability claim?  
• Have there been prior injury claim settlements that can support your premise liability claim?
• Have there been safety citations or fines due to the unsafe condition that caused your premise liability claim?

Repairs performed after your injuries are inadmissible, but you lawyer may need know about them, to help them successfully argue your premise liability lawsuit.

This discovery process can be time consuming, but the more information your attorney obtains about your claim, the more likely your lawsuit will end successfully.