Pasadena Slip and Fall Lawyer

Civil Code § 1714 makes a person responsible for injury caused by their want of ordinary care in managing their property. That means showing the dangerous condition existed, that the owner or occupier knew about it or should have found it through reasonable inspection, and that it caused the fall.

Notice is where these cases turn, and the proof is usually in records the owner controls: sweep and inspection logs, the incident report, work orders and camera footage. All of them are kept on a retention schedule, which is why the demand goes out early.

Old Pasadena's historic buildings and alleys bring uneven thresholds, single-step level changes and narrow stair runs into heavy pedestrian use. The public and private garages around Colorado Blvd, Marengo Ave and Del Mar Blvd add wet ramps, oil, and lighting and striping problems.

Falls on a public sidewalk, in a city garage or at a city facility run against the City of Pasadena under the dangerous-condition rules of Government Code § 835, with the six-month written claim requirement in Government Code § 911.2 applying first. Pasadena's street trees and the sidewalk displacement they cause are a common version of this claim.

Report the fall to the manager on duty and ask for the written incident report and its number. Photograph the hazard, the surrounding surface, the lighting and any warning sign present or missing.

Get evaluated. Huntington Hospital on West California Blvd is the city's hospital and a designated trauma center, and a same-week record connects the injury to the fall before an insurer can suggest another cause.