Accidental Injuries in Entertainment Venues
Some places stay in business because people go there in search of the unexpected. Yes, there are extreme sports that carry an element of danger and require a certain level of skill. When you pay to participate in these, you usually sign a waiver, certifying that you know about the risks inherent in bungee jumping, rock climbing simulations, parasailing, or whichever risky fun you are engaging in, and that you are healthy enough to participate. When people get injured, they can sue for premises liability, but whether the plaintiff recovers damages depends on the specifics of the case. For example, the fact that guests sign liability waivers, and that establishments post signs that say things like “skate at your own risk” or “swim at your own risk” do not absolve business owners of the responsibility to maintain their premises and equipment in safe condition. Conversely, the courts sometimes rule in favor of defendants who failed to disclose their own health risks before engaging in activities that were substantially more dangerous for them than they would have been for healthy people. What about the places where people go for the unpredictability of humans interacting with humans, humans interacting with alcohol, or humans interacting with the element of chance? If you got injured when things got out of hand at a nightclub, concert venue, or casino, contact a premises liability lawyer.
Man Falls From Balcony in Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
People go to casinos to get a taste of the unexpected, to try their luck, knowing that things could easily go badly. Casinos face their share of premises liability lawsuits. Some of them arise from assaults and physical fights, and the injured people sue the establishment for failure to provide adequate security to break up the fight before anyone got seriously injured. Others are dram shop liability cases, where a customer got drunk at the casino and then drove and caused an accident; in these cases, the injured people accuse the casino of negligence for serving alcohol to the customer until he or she was too drunk to drive and then letting the customer drive.
Several years ago, a catastrophic accident occurred at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. A man fell from the second-floor balcony, landing on the main floor of the casino. He was pronounced dead shortly after first responders arrived. Witnesses said that they had seen the man trying to climb over the balcony railing shortly before the accident. News sources did not indicate whether the victim’s family filed any lawsuits arising from the accident. If they did, the allegation of negligence would lie in the fact that it was so easy for the victim to climb over the railing of the balcony.
Contact Monaco Law About Casino Accidents
Contact Monaco Law PC in Marlton, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss your casino accident case. Joseph Monaco is a New Jersey and Pennsylvania personal injury and wrongful death lawyer serving Atlantic County, Bucks County, Burlington County, Cape May County, Camden County, Chester County, Cumberland County, Delaware County, Gloucester County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Ocean County, Salem County, Susquehanna County and all of New Jersey.
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