To prove to a jury of your peers that you are entitled to compensation for your injuries, evidence must be provided to show two things: you were legally on the premises and that a dangerous condition on the premises was a direct cause of your injury. In addition to proving these two, most courts require that at least one of the following factors must be true:

• The owner or an employee of the business gave rise to the dangerous condition on the premises.
• The owner or an employee of the business was made aware about the dangerous condition on the premises and failed to address it.
• The owner or an employee of the business should have reasonably known about the dangerous condition on the premises.

Depending on state law, the owner or business may owe a different standard of care to various classes of visitors, which include business visitors or social guests. The attorneys at Cruz and Cruz, PC, provide free consultations to determine where you have a good case or not.