Washington DC Hotel Injury Lawyer

Serious injuries deserve experienced attorneys

Hotels are usually places we go when we’re traveling, carefree and enjoying the time away from home. Most of us don’t expect for any problems to go wrong, and we especially do not anticipate suffering from a serious injury caused by the hotel itself. However, hotel injuries happen far more than often than people realize. When a person suffers an injury as a result of the hotel’s negligence and/or failure to uphold their responsibilities to their guests as a hotel, that person can qualify for a personal injury claim against the hotel. What does this mean? In other words, if you suffer an injury that you believe the hotel caused, the hotel may be held liable and you could receive compensation for your injuries.

What Are My Hotel’s Responsibilities?

Each and every hotel you go to has a responsibility to their guests, from adequate and well-maintained rooms to ensuring a high level of security in order to create ensure safety. While the rules may vary from state to state, and even country to country, there are certain commonalities among the rules that you can almost always assume will be upkept. Some of the most common responsibilities a hotel has include (but are not limited to):

• High security
• Control of insect infestations (such as “bed bugs”)
• Properly functioning stairs and elevators
• Functioning locks to every room
• Hiring adequate hotel staff to the best of their ability
• Serving safe, uncontaminated food

While these responsibilities may seem obvious, injuries still occur in hotels every year as a result of a failure to uphold them. In fact, these are just a select few examples of the duties a hotel has to you, a guest.

Where Do Most Injuries Occur at Hotels?

Most of the time, the injuries that occur, occur as a result of the hotel’s negligence. However, there are certain areas of a hotel and ways in which injuries result much more frequently. Some of the most common ways injuries can occur are from:

• Hurting oneself near/in a swimming pool or jacuzzi
• Injuring oneself on broken furniture
• A slip and fall accident
• Burns from unmonitored water
• Assault from criminals that have access into the hotel
• Reactions to bed bugs and other insects

It is important in all of these cases to collect evidence in order to build your case. The more photos and videos you have proving the hotel is at fault, the more likely you are to win a case. It can also be helpful to speak to witnesses nearby if there were people that watched you suffer your injury.

Injuries are an emotional and financial burden. Nobody should have to deal with juggling legal paperwork and medical bills on top of their own injuries. If you feel that you are entitled to compensation as a result of a hotel injury, do not hesitate to reach out to Cohen & Cohen and we will be more than happy to set you up with a skilled hotel injury lawyer on our team.

If you have been injured in a hotel, you may need a hotel liability lawyer to help you to protect your rights. When you stay at a hotel, you give them your business so that you can feel like your possessions and identity are safe while you enjoy your vacation or business trip. However, sometimes hotels do things that break your trust and expose you to potential harm. If you are harmed because of the negligence of hotel staff or a hole in hotel policies, you may be able to recover your damages through a case or lawsuit.

Hotels and their staff have the obligation to keep your person, your identity, and your belongings safe when you stay with them. Many different kinds of injuries can occur while on hotel premises. They can be physical or emotional in nature, or can be damaging in other ways such as in the case of identity theft or defamation. Hotels may be held responsible for injuries that occur on their premises when they are found negligent in the upkeep of their facility, supervision of their staff, and how they enforce the safety of their patrons, to name just a few things that a hotel may be found guilty of in a hotel liability claim.

A Hotel Liability Lawyer Can Help You Determine Whether You Have A Case

When pondering if you might have a good case for a lawsuit against a hotel, there are a few things you should keep in mind. The first thing is that unless you can prove negligence of the hotel staff, hotels have only a limited amount of liability for your personal possessions meaning that they will only be liable for a certain monetary amount, regardless of how much your belongings are worth. If you can prove that the negligence of the hotel caused your loss, the hotel will have to compensate you for the entirety of your lost possessions. However, if the hotel can prove that you in fact acted negligibly in the loss of your belongings, then they do not have to compensate you for your loss. If you or a loved one have been the victim of a hotel, the Washington DC injury lawyers of Cohen & Cohen are here to help.

Many hotels are part of large chains that are parts of even bigger companies. Many of us have a peace of mind when making a reservation at a hotel brand that we trust. Unfortunately, when a hotel is part of a reputable brand or company, they often have vast resources with which to fight against claims of their negligence. Because of this, it is often hard to negotiate with a hotel without the help of a lawyer. It may be in your best interest to discuss the details of your situation with a reliable hotel liability lawyer.
If you were injured at a hotel, you could potentially have a lawsuit against that hotel. In order to get financial compensation for your injury, medical bills, or time off of work, you would need to prove that you entered the hotel believing that it was a safe and reputable place to stay but were injured by some sort of negligent act.

If you or someone close to you has been injured because of a hotel stay, contact a reputable hotel liability lawyer at Cohen & Cohen for a free case evaluation any time of the day or night.