North Carolina
Premises Liability Lawyer

To establish a premises liability claim, your attorney must prove four key elements:

1. Duty of care owed by property owners: Property owners have a responsibility to maintain safe conditions for visitors.
2. Breach of duty: The property owner failed to uphold their duty of care.
3. Causation: The breach of duty directly led to your injury.
4. Damages: You suffered actual harm or losses as a result of the injury.

 The legal duty a property owner owes varies based on the type of visitor: 

1. Invitees: People who are invited onto the property for business purposes, like customers in a store. Property owners owe the highest duty of care to invitees, including regular inspections and warnings of known hazards.
2. Licensees: Social guests or others who enter the property for their own purposes with the owner’s permission. Property owners must warn licensees of known dangers that aren’t obvious.
3. Trespassers: Individuals who enter the property without permission. Property owners generally only owe trespassers a duty to avoid willful or wanton injury.