Landlord Liability Attorneys in El Paso

Helping You Pursue Justice for Your Injuries

When a criminal injures another person during the commission of a criminal offense, they are typically responsible for compensating their victims for the injuries they caused. However, criminals usually lack the financial resources to financially cover the losses of their victims. So, are the injured victims of criminals out of luck when it comes to getting reimbursed for their injuries?

In some cases, a landowner is responsible for reimbursing the victims of a criminal act for the injuries they suffered as a result. However, you need the advice of a professional landlord liability lawyer in El Paso to determine the full extent of your right to collect damages from your landlord. At The Daspit Law Firm, our legal team has numerous years of legal experience handling injury claims against property owners. If you need a tenacious champion to advocate for your cause, you can turn to The Daspit Law Firm.

Call our office at (832) 687-2942 or contact us online for information about our services today.

Texas Courts Have Held Landlords Liability for Third-Party Crimes

Generally, property owners are under no legal obligation to protect people from the criminal actions of third parties. However, there is an exception to this rule in cases where the defendant had control over the premises, and the plaintiff was injured as a result of an unreasonable and foreseeable criminal act committed by a third party.

The following five factors are elemental in determining whether an injury-producing crime was foreseeable:

• Frequency: If crimes often occur near the property during any given period, courts may consider this as proof that the third-party crime that injured the plaintiff was foreseeable.
• Proximity: A property owner may be liable for the injuries resulting from a third-party criminal act if other similar crimes often occurred within the vicinity of the defendant’s property.
• Publicity: Texas courts will consider how notorious the area of the defendant’s property is for similar crimes when determining the foreseeability of the crime that caused the plaintiff’s injury.
• Recency: An important factor in deciding how foreseeability the crime in question was, a court will consider how recent other similar crimes occurred before the crime that injured the plaintiff occurred.
• Similarity: Courts will evaluate the nature of other crimes and assess how similar those crimes were to the crime that injured the plaintiff.

For example, an apartment owner may be liable for injuries someone sustained during an armed robbery if the area was a known hot-spot for robberies. However, an apartment owner probably is not liable for injuries resulting from a sexual assault committed by the plaintiff’s spouse.

Significantly, the above factors must be evaluated together and not independently of each other. Therefore, a crime that is more similar to prior offenses do not necessarily have to be as recent or frequent as dissimilar crimes. As you can tell, the landowner’s liability is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Contact The Daspit Law Firm for Legal Advice

Looking for a law firm you can trust to put your needs above everything else? If so, you should reach out to The Daspit Law Firm. Our landlord liability attorneys in El Paso are ready to strenuously protect and promote your legal rights and interests. We are here to guide you through the challenging and complicated aspects of your case, so you have the foundation and understanding to make significant decisions about your case. Our dedicated team of lawyers will stop at virtually nothing to help make sure you recover a settlement or damages award that will adequately compensate you and your family for the losses and hardships they suffered due to a property owner’s disregard for your safety.

To schedule an initial consultation about your case, please call The Daspit Law Firm at (832) 687-2942 or complete our online request form today.

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