Ikea Store Injury Lawyer

While staged rooms are a great way to sell furniture and décor items, they can also present many safety issues. It is great that all the furniture fits in a space that is roughly 100 or 150 square feet. And it might be very livable for some people. But that space was never meant to handle the foot traffic of hundreds of shoppers each day. All the people walking through the pre-set rooms and looking at furnishings for assembly details and signs of sturdiness can result in these common hazards:

• Electrical cords in walkways
• Hoses from vacuums and other tools left in walkways or in completed display areas
• Loose rugs, carpet, or damaged flooring surfaces
• Merchandise that was knocked from a shelf but never picked up from the floor
• Food or drinks spilled on the floor and not properly cleaned up
• Floors that were recently mopped but do not display the necessary warning signs to alert shoppers of the added potential for a slip and fall on the still moist flooring
• Damaged shelving or other display items that are sharp, pointed, or jagged
• Wet floors near water fountains, restrooms, or plumbing fixtures that are damaged and leaking
• Litter left on floors or falling from overfilled trash cans
• Narrow walkways
• Blocked aisles or walking paces in confined spaces
• Burned-out lights or damaged light fixtures create unsafe and hard to navigate dark spaces in the store
• Unmarked or poorly marked transitions from one flooring surface to another or one elevation to another, such as steps or ramps
• Shoppers should also be aware of the other hazards common to these staged spaces that are meant to look like complete rooms, such as
• Walls that are unstable and can easily fall as they are only temporary and not sturdy permanent walls
• Decor or signs falling from the makeshift walls or
• Items hanging from the ceiling falling in guests
• Merchandise falling from displays that are overloaded

If you suffered an injury while shopping at a California IKEA store, please know that the dedicated IKEA store injury lawyers at DTLA Law Group are here to help you get the justice and compensation you deserve for the losses and expenses those injuries caused.

Premises liability laws were created to protect the safety of all guests to any public or private property. They explain the legal obligation of the property owners and their staff in terms of inspections, maintenance, and overall care of the space. They require routine inspections to locate safety hazards and define the time permitted to remedy any issues. Specifically, the staff is obligated to act with at least the same level of care as would be provided by the average prudent person facing a similar issue. If they fail to take the appropriate action in a reasonable amount of time, they can be deemed negligent in their duty of care. In addition, if that negligence is later found to have caused or contributed to the harm of a guest, the owner can be held liable for the losses and expenses incurred by the victim.

For example, if you see an electrical cord in a walkway in your home, you would remove it to prevent a trip and fall incident. That is the common reaction to this hazard and what would be expected of an IKEA store employee. If they fail to take that action to remove the safety hazard, they are negligent in their duty of care. If you feel that the harm you sustained in an IKEA store was the result of staff negligence, please reach out to DTLA Law Group today to discuss the potential for a lawsuit with a skilled IKEA store injury lawyer.

Victims of personal injuries need to understand that the court does not award predetermined compensation amounts for certain injuries or incidents. Instead, each case is carefully evaluated, and the compensation awarded to the victim is based on the victim’s actual losses and expenses. Working with your DTLA Law Group team, you will gather all documentation to confirm the allowable expenses you face because of your IKEA store injuries. The items used to calculate your compensation will generally include but are not always limited to:

• All current and projected medical expenses related to the IKEA store injuries, as well as any therapy or counseling to treat the emotional stress and trauma of the incident
• Your legal costs related to the preparation, filing, and litigation of the IKEA store personal injury lawsuit
• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the IKEA store injury incident
• Your lost income if the harm you sustained prevented you from working at your regular job until you were fully healed and cleared by a medical professional to return to work

As a personal injury victim, you have two years from the date of the injury incident at the IKEA store to file your case with the court. If the lawsuit is not filed when the time limit expires, you lose the right to seek compensation and justice for the losses and expenses created by that specific incident. In addition, there are minimal exceptions that would provide victims with added time to file a lawsuit after the original time limit has passed. Please contact DTLA Law Group to discuss your injury incident at an IKEA store and the time remaining to take legal action.

When you contact DTLA Law Group, you will be pleased to confirm that we never require any upfront fees or expenses to begin work on your lawsuit. Instead, we only get paid after the case is resolved, and you have the compensation that includes funds to cover your legal costs and other expenses. In addition, if your DTLA Law Group IKEA store injury lawyer fails to win the case and get you the compensation you need to cover your expenses, you owe the firm nothing for its time and investment in building the lawsuit. Please make time today to reach out to the caring and hard-working team at DTLA Law Group to learn more about this vital option to resolve the hardships caused by IKEA store staff negligence that resulted in your injuries. Our team can be reached around the clock to help you begin exploring your options.

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