Dangerous Conditions on Property: What Counts and What You Must Prove

A deep settling crack and raised edge in a concrete sidewalk, the kind of dangerous condition that supports a California premises liability claim.

People assume that getting hurt on someone else’s property is enough to have a case. It isn’t. California law does not make property owners insurers of everyone who walks through the door — it makes them responsible for being careless. The distance between “I was injured” and “the owner was negligent” is where premises liability […]