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Success Record: Premises Liability Civil Suit

People are severely injured on a daily basis in buildings, parking lots and on other premises. Sometimes those injuries are the result of bad upkeep of those premises by their owners or managers. In those situations, the injured party or the family of a wrongful death victim can file a premises liability civil suit under Illinois injury law against the owners or managers of the premises in order to recover for their injuries or for the death of a loved one. A premises liability civil suit often arises from a land owner's or occupant's failure to either correct a dangerous condition on their property or warn of its existence.

The Chicago premises liability lawyers at Power Rogers & Smith provide legal counsel under Illinois injury law to victims who have been injured because of a land owner or occupant's negligence. If your injury was a result of malicious, reckless, or intentional misconduct on the building owner's part, or if the building owner, by not taking prudent care, caused your injuries, you may be entitled to file a premises liability claim. Power Rogers & Smith's Chicago premises liability lawyers can assist the family or the injured person with the filing of a premises liability civil suit under Illinois injury law.

You don't have to feel powerless against large corporations trying to conceal their negligence. Experienced Chicago premises liability lawyers at Power Rogers & Smith can assist you with every aspect of your premises liability civil suit from evaluation to investigation to trial. Our highly respected Chicago premises liability lawyers have successfully represented and have won large verdicts under Illinois injury law for many individuals injured at construction sites.

Listed below are a few of the significant victories that the Chicago premises liability lawyers at Power Rogers & Smith have won.

L.F., Estate of Y.F., etc., et al. v. East Lake Corporation, et al.

Larry R. Rogers, Sr., Lead Counsel
Practice Area: Premises Liability

2000 This case involves a 47-year-old- mother, Y.F., who died as a result of injuries suffered at the East Lake Housing Development at 3555 S. Cottage Grove in Chicago. Ms. F. is survived by her four children, G., L., A.Jr. and L., her 11-year-old minor. The complaint alleged that the fire alarm system failed to operate throughout the building and that fire hoses in some stairwells were inoperable.