What You Need to Know About the Illinois Premises Liability Act!

If you’ve been injured on someone else’s property, whether it’s a store, office building, a residential property or commercial establishment, it’s essential to understand your rights under the Illinois Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1). This law makes it easier for lawful entrants to seek compensation for the injuries they suffered on someone else’s property.

All lawful entrants are owed a duty of reasonable care. This means that business and property owners must ensure their premises are safe and address potential hazards that could harm lawful entrants.

The establishment may be responsible for your injuries if they failed to maintain the property with reasonable care or failed to address unsafe conditions they knew or should have known about that caused your injury. For example, a retail store does not clean up a spill, and a customer slips and falls. Or, a poorly maintained office building has an unsecure handrail for the stairs, leading to an injury. Individuals injured in these types of cases can seek compensation for medical bills, lost wages, disability, disfigurement, mental suffering, pain and suffering and other types of economic and nonecomic losses.

You can protect your rights! If you have been injured on someone else’s property, it is important to speak with an attorney. At Regina P. Etherton & Associates, LLC. we are ready to help!