A stair collapse may cause minor injuries.
A few stairs cracking and causing a fall may only lead to scrapes, bruises, or a broken bone.
However, many of these tragic incidents cause much more severe injuries.
Falls from great heights can be devastating.
Materials falling to the ground can cause serious head injuries or even death.
When such an accident occurs due to negligence, a premises liability lawsuit may be filed in order to seek justice and fair compensation.
The source of stair collapses should be investigated thoroughly if they occur on someone else's property.
If the collapse was due to another party's negligence, they may be held financially responsible.
Unfortunately, not all these incidents are predictable.
We trust stairs to be built correctly and rarely second guess their safety.
This trust will sometimes backfire and cause a great deal of pain and suffering.
Some people may try to save a few extra dollars by failing to purchase enough materials or the proper materials to build stairs correctly.
The use of inadequate materials poses a serious risk.
A common way that stair owners make this mistake is through failing to build enough reinforcement.
Stairs that are not reinforced properly weaken the structure and can easily be the source of a collapse.
Construction workers may be at fault for one of these tragic incidents.
Even if the correct materials are provided, if they are not built correctly or with the right type of materials, the stairs are at risk of a collapse.
Careless construction can cause stairs to collapse, even if they were just built.
Both the workers and the management of the company may be found to be guilty of negligence, and the property owner may be liable as well.