Premises Liability Lawyer Davie, FL

Injured because a property owner ignored a hazard?

Jacobson Injury Firm establishes the duty, the breach, and what the owner knew.

Premises liability covers far more ground than falls. It reaches assaults in badly secured parking lots, dog attacks, pool drownings, falling merchandise, faulty stairs, and electrical hazards. Davie spreads that exposure across 35 square miles of retail plazas, apartment complexes, university campuses, equestrian properties, and more than 165 miles of public trail. Our premises liability lawyer in Davie, FL handles injuries caused by dangerous conditions on property somebody else controlled. Call (561) 567-7163 for a free consultation.

Premises Liability Lawyer in Davie, FL

Every premises case answers the same question in a different setting: what did the person in control of this property owe the person who got hurt, and did they deliver it?

Florida does not give one answer. The duty shifts with your reason for being there, and that classification frequently decides the case before anyone argues about the hazard itself. A Davie premises liability attorney establishes status first, then control, then knowledge.

Table of Contents

1. Premises Liability Lawyer in Davie, FL
2. Why Choose Jacobson Injury Firm for Property Injury Claims
3. Types of Premises Liability Cases We Handle
4. Visitor Status and the Duty You Are Owed
5. Proving Notice, Control, and Causation
6. Damages in a Davie Premises Liability Claim
7. Frequently Asked Questions
8. Contact Jacobson Injury Firm

Why Choose Jacobson Injury Firm for Property Injury Claims

Someone Who Finds Who Actually Controlled the Property

Ownership and control are constantly separate. A shopping plaza has an owner, a management company, individual tenants, a landscaper, and a security contractor, and the lease decides which of them owed a duty over the spot where you got hurt. Adam Jacobson has handled premises claims across South Florida and holds bar admissions in Florida, New York, Connecticut, and Illinois. Working with a personal injury firm in Davie that pulls the lease and the vendor contracts at the start avoids suing the wrong party and running out the clock.

Results Against Property Insurers

Our firm has recovered millions of dollars for injured clients. Commercial property carriers defend these claims hard because a paid claim invites the next one. Files prepared for trial settle better.

Nothing Upfront

Premises liability claims in Davie, FL run on a contingency fee agreement. Our fee comes from the recovery alone.

What Our Clients Say

“Very reliable and dedicated firm. They took my case seriously from day one and worked hard to push it forward. Their attention to detail and work ethic really stood out.” 

Lensidor

More on our testimonials page.

Types of Premises Liability Cases We Handle

• Slip and fall on spilled substances: Liquid on a store floor, tracked-in rain at an entrance, produce in an aisle. These run under a specific knowledge statute covered below.
• Trips on walking-surface defects: Raised slabs, broken curbs, and torn flooring, which our [trip and fall page] treats in full.
• Negligent security: Assaults and robberies in parking lots, garages, and apartment complexes where lighting failed, cameras did not work, or a known crime pattern went unaddressed.
• Falling merchandise and fixtures: Improperly stacked inventory and unsecured displays in retail and warehouse stores.
• Swimming pool incidents: Missing barriers, absent signage, and drain hazards at apartment complexes and community pools.
• Dog attacks on property: Florida holds owners liable from the first bite, and our [dog bite page] covers that statute directly.
• Stairway and railing failures: Loose handrails, uneven risers, and code violations that turn a stumble into a fall down a flight.
• Fire, electrical, and structural hazards: Blocked exits, failed alarms, and exposed wiring, which can cause burn injuries and worse.

Visitor Status and the Duty You Are Owed

Florida sorts visitors into categories, and the category sets the duty.

• Invitees: Customers, tenants, and anyone on the property for the owner’s benefit or by public invitation. The owner must keep the property reasonably safe and warn of dangers it knows about that the visitor would not discover. Most claims sit here.
• Licensees: Social guests and others present with permission but not for the owner’s business purpose. The owner must warn of known dangers and refrain from willful harm.
• Trespassers: Florida Statute § 768.075 draws the line by whether the owner detected the person’s presence within 24 hours before the incident. Toward an undiscovered trespasser, the owner must refrain from intentional misconduct and owes no duty to warn. Toward a discovered trespasser, the owner must refrain from gross negligence or intentional misconduct and must warn of known dangers that are not readily observable.

Defendants argue status aggressively, because moving you one category down can end the claim. Establishing why you were there, and on whose invitation, is groundwork worth doing carefully.

Proving Notice, Control, and Causation

Knowledge is where these cases are won. For a slip on a transitory foreign substance in a business establishment, Florida Statute § 768.0755 requires proof of actual or constructive knowledge. Constructive knowledge can be shown two ways: the condition existed long enough that ordinary care would have caught it, or it occurred with regularity and was foreseeable on that basis. Subsection (2) preserves every common-law duty of care owed by a person in possession or control of business premises, which is why hazards outside that statute still support claims.

Control matters as much as knowledge. Proving a tenant’s duty over a common area it never maintained wastes the two years you have under Florida Statute § 95.11.

Causation gets contested through your medical history. Comparative fault under Florida Statute § 768.81 cuts recovery by your share of blame and bars it above 50 percent, so expect arguments about footwear, phone use, and where you were looking. Preserved evidence and a documented negligence theory answer those.

Damages in a Davie Premises Liability Claim

Economic damages cover emergency care, surgery, rehabilitation, future treatment, lost wages, and reduced earning capacity. Property injuries produce broken bones, back injuries, and head trauma, and the severe end reaches [catastrophic injury] territory.

Non-economic damages cover pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and in negligent security cases, the psychological aftermath of an assault. Where a property hazard kills someone, the family pursues a [wrongful death] claim.

Punitive damages stay available under Florida Statute § 768.72 where an owner had repeated notice and did nothing. Insurance companies defending commercial property tend to open low and improve only under real pressure.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does an incident report admit fault? 

No. It records that something happened. Get one anyway, since it fixes the date, place, and condition while everything is fresh.

Can I bring a claim against my own landlord? 

Yes. Landlords owe duties over common areas and over conditions they were told about and failed to repair.

The hazard was visible. Does that end it? 

No. An obvious hazard still breaches the duty to maintain reasonably safe premises, and obviousness usually affects the fault split rather than the claim itself.

What if I got hurt on public property? 

Claims against government entities carry shorter notice requirements and damage caps. Raise it early so nothing lapses. Our case timelines page shows how the stages run.

Contact Jacobson Injury Firm

Surveillance footage overwrites within days at most properties. Conditions get repaired. Employees who saw it move on to other jobs. The window for preserving proof is short, and it is open right now.

Consultations are free, and we work on contingency. Contact us to discuss what happened and where. A premises liability attorney in Davie, FL can tell you whether the owner’s knowledge is provable before their carrier frames it as your fault.