Arizona · Personal injury · Trial-ready representation
Property owners owe legal duties to the people they invite onto their property. When those duties are ignored and someone is hurt, Big Dog Law builds the claim. Falls, negligent security, pool accidents, and dangerous conditions across Arizona.
Premises liability is the area of personal injury law that holds property owners accountable when their property hurts the people they invited onto it. It covers more than the classic slip-and-fall — pool drownings, parking-lot assaults that should have been prevented by basic security, defective stairways, and dangerous public spaces all fall under the same legal framework. The law is well-developed in Arizona; what wins these cases is moving early, before the evidence quietly disappears.
At a glance
Duty of care
The defendant owned, leased, or controlled the property and owed a duty of reasonable care to the person hurt.
Breach of duty
The owner knew — or with reasonable inspection should have known — about the dangerous condition and failed to fix or warn about it.
Causation
The breach caused the injury. Not just "this happened on their property" but "this happened because of what they did or didn't do."
Damages
Documented harm: medical bills, lost income, pain, lasting impairment. Without damages, there is no claim.
Slip, trip, and fall
Wet floors, unmarked changes in elevation, poor lighting, deteriorated walking surfaces.
Stairway and elevator failures
Missing handrails, building-code violations, mechanical failures.
Negligent security
Assaults in parking lots, apartment complexes, hotels, and bars when basic security was missing.
Swimming pool incidents
Inadequate fencing, missing barriers, drain-suction injuries, drownings.
Dog bites and animal attacks
On the property of the owner or keeper. See our dedicated dog bite page.
Apartment-complex hazards
Broken stairs, defective balconies, electrical hazards, mold-related illness.
Construction-site dangers
Open trenches, falling objects, unfenced excavations on adjacent property.
Retail and commercial accidents
Falling merchandise, defective fixtures, hazards staff failed to address.
Premises cases live or die on evidence that exists for a short time and then quietly disappears. The work in the first weeks is unglamorous and decisive.
Evidence preservation
Incident report and photos
If staff filled one out, get it in writing — and photograph the exact condition before it's cleaned up or repaired.
Surveillance video
Most camera systems overwrite footage on a 7- to 30-day cycle. We send written preservation demands within days of intake.
Inspection and maintenance records
When did staff last inspect the area? What did they find? Many businesses have logs, sweep sheets, or work-order systems.
Prior-incident history
If the same hazard caused other injuries, that history dramatically strengthens the case. We discover it through formal channels.
Witness statements
Memories fade in days, not months. We get statements early and lock them down.
Building-code and ordinance review
Many premises hazards violate specific code sections. That makes liability much harder to dispute.
Past and future medical bills
Including imaging, surgery, physical therapy, and any care still ahead.
Lost income and earning capacity
Time off work and any lasting impact on your ability to do your job.
Pain, suffering, and loss of enjoyment
The non-economic toll the injury takes on your day-to-day life.
Out-of-pocket costs
Co-pays, prescriptions, mileage, household help.
Punitive damages
Available in cases involving outrageous conduct or knowing disregard of a serious risk.
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