This question was posed to me recently, and the short answer is “yes.”<\/p>\n
This is called a premises liability case.\u00a0 In Texas, a customer can prevail in a premises liability case against a business if the customer can prove several things: (1) that the condition (here the broken pavement or sidewalk) posed an unreasonable risk of harm; (2) the business owner knew or reasonably should have known of the danger; (3) the business failed to use reasonable care to make the condition safe; and (4) the business failed to use reasonable care to warn the customer about the condition.<\/p>\n
While these questions may seem simple, there are a lot of difficult issues hidden inside of them.\u00a0 For instance, almost all premises cases have disputes about whether the condition was unreasonably dangerous.\u00a0 This often requires expert witnesses who can talk about building codes or other rules and regulations that might apply and why failing (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This question was posed to me recently, and the short answer is “yes.” This is called a premises liability case.\u00a0 In Texas, a customer can prevail in a premises liability case against a business if the customer can prove several…<\/span><\/p>\n