Personal Injury Law

Missouri Premise Liability Lawsuit - Bar Responsible for Defective Condition of Steps

By Benjamin J. Sansone, Esq.

A Kansas City woman and Missouri premise liability personal injury victim, sustained a fractured foot and dislocated shoulder when she fell from a newly constructed smoking deck at the Green Duck Lounge. The bar had recently built the deck off the rear of the building in response to the smoking ban on indoor spaces. As she walked down the five concrete steps to re-enter the bar, she tripped and fell on what appeared to be, uneven steps. There was no handrail for her to grab onto.

Her serious Missouri personal injury required surgery for a torn rotator cuff, the use of a wheelchair, and 12 missed weeks of work. Boswell hired a Missouri Personal Injury Attorney who learned that the bar never acquired a permit to build the deck. ?Our architect said had they done it, the inspector would have said, ?You?ve got to put handrails in there,?? the Missouri personal injury lawyer said. The bar ended up paying $225,000 to settle the Missouri personal injury suit - $73,437 for medical care and $11,127 for lost wages.

Currently, St Louis personal injury law firm, Sansone Law, is representing an injured client in a very similar case. a restaurant patron and now personal injury victim in St Louis Missouri, slipped and fell while visiting a St. Louis restaurant. The restaurant created an unreasonably dangerous condition by positioning the beer taps in such a way that the overflow cannot help but run into a heavily traffic area. This area was not marked nor was any other preventative measures taken. As the client passed by this narrow traffic area, she slipped on beer, which had overflowed from the tap, and fell hitting her head quite hard on the polished concrete floor. This St Louis injury client has sustained a serious head injury and is still undergoing medical treatment as a result.

Restaurant/ bar owners owe the public the highest degree of care to keep their place of business in a safe condition ? which entails not only regular inspections but also, a basic general awareness. Failure to comply with this duty is negligence and makes a business owner legally liable for any personal injuries sustained as a result of such condition.

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Full post as published by Missouri Injury Law Blog on August 12, 2010 (boomark / email).