Common Homeowner Accidents Through the Eyes of a Palm Springs, San Diego and Orange County Personal
As a personal injury lawyer practicing in La Jolla and Carlsbad in San Diego, in Laguna, Newport and Huntington Beach, Anaheim, Irvine, Fullerton and Costa Mesa in Orange County, in Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, and Ontario in the Inland Empire and in Palm Springs and Palm Desert, I'm often asked, "How can I prevent all these awful homeowner accidents from happening and keep from being sued?"
"You'd be surprised how easy it is," I tell defendants after their insurance companies have had to pay out a large settlement.
"You see that chainsaw running there on the kitchen table?" I ask.
"What about it?" they reply.
"Just a thought, but it could be a safety hazard," I say.
Rather than turning off the chainsaw and putting it away, the homeowner usually yells out the name of a child or a term of endearment for his wife to put it away. "Honey!"
"What else can I do to make my house safer?" they ask me.
I look around at all the matches lying around the house.
"Matches and children don't mix," I say.
"Honey!"
I see a loaded gun lying on the television with the safety off and nod toward it.
"Tommy! Put away your gun!" the homeowner says.
"Wow!" the homeowner says. "All that in just a few seconds." The homeowner leads me into the kitchen. "Watch out for the grease..."
From where I've landed on the floor, I thank the homeowner for the warning. "How long has this grease been here?"
"Don't know," the homeowner says. "But I know I've had to wear rubber soled shoes for years now."
"Where's that water coming from?" I ask as I see a stream of water coming down the kitchen from another room.
"Oh that's nothing much," the homeowner says. "Probably just the toilet stopped up again. You know how to use a plunger?"
I claim ignorance. "You know that someone can get hurt on that grease or the water and there you go again."
"Well at least I won't have to worry about my insurance company yelling at me anymore." the homeowner tells me.
"Why's that?" I ask.
"They cancelled their policy," the homeowner says.
I commiserate with the homeowner.
"That's all right," he says. "I couldn't afford it anyway."
"You had really better make sure those matches are all put away safe somewhere if you don't have fire insurance anymore," I tell the homeowner.
"Honey!"
We go back into the living room and sit down. I see that one of the homeowner's children is handing out beers to some of his other students from the junior high school.
"You want to know what my biggest accident was with this house?" the homeowner asks me?
"What?" I ask after taking the beers away from the school children.
"Buying this house in the first place," he says. "How did I ever get talked into believing that home ownership was the American dream?"
"Don't feel bad," I say drinking the beer. "Some people just aren't cut out for home ownership." I take another swig of beer and sniff the air. Is that smoke I smell?"
Visit our website at http://www.CaliforniaAttorneysLawyers.com to learn more about how we obtain great personal injury settlements from insurance companies. Or call us to speak directly to Sebastian Gibson about your slip and fall, auto, motorcycle, truck, pedestrian, or bicycle accident, the loss of a loved one in a wrongful death or about a dog bite injury with no charge for your consultation.
"You'd be surprised how easy it is," I tell defendants after their insurance companies have had to pay out a large settlement.
"You see that chainsaw running there on the kitchen table?" I ask.
"What about it?" they reply.
"Just a thought, but it could be a safety hazard," I say.
Rather than turning off the chainsaw and putting it away, the homeowner usually yells out the name of a child or a term of endearment for his wife to put it away. "Honey!"
"What else can I do to make my house safer?" they ask me.
I look around at all the matches lying around the house.
"Matches and children don't mix," I say.
"Honey!"
I see a loaded gun lying on the television with the safety off and nod toward it.
"Tommy! Put away your gun!" the homeowner says.
"Wow!" the homeowner says. "All that in just a few seconds." The homeowner leads me into the kitchen. "Watch out for the grease..."
From where I've landed on the floor, I thank the homeowner for the warning. "How long has this grease been here?"
"Don't know," the homeowner says. "But I know I've had to wear rubber soled shoes for years now."
"Where's that water coming from?" I ask as I see a stream of water coming down the kitchen from another room.
"Oh that's nothing much," the homeowner says. "Probably just the toilet stopped up again. You know how to use a plunger?"
I claim ignorance. "You know that someone can get hurt on that grease or the water and there you go again."
"Well at least I won't have to worry about my insurance company yelling at me anymore." the homeowner tells me.
"Why's that?" I ask.
"They cancelled their policy," the homeowner says.
I commiserate with the homeowner.
"That's all right," he says. "I couldn't afford it anyway."
"You had really better make sure those matches are all put away safe somewhere if you don't have fire insurance anymore," I tell the homeowner.
"Honey!"
We go back into the living room and sit down. I see that one of the homeowner's children is handing out beers to some of his other students from the junior high school.
"You want to know what my biggest accident was with this house?" the homeowner asks me?
"What?" I ask after taking the beers away from the school children.
"Buying this house in the first place," he says. "How did I ever get talked into believing that home ownership was the American dream?"
"Don't feel bad," I say drinking the beer. "Some people just aren't cut out for home ownership." I take another swig of beer and sniff the air. Is that smoke I smell?"
Visit our website at http://www.CaliforniaAttorneysLawyers.com to learn more about how we obtain great personal injury settlements from insurance companies. Or call us to speak directly to Sebastian Gibson about your slip and fall, auto, motorcycle, truck, pedestrian, or bicycle accident, the loss of a loved one in a wrongful death or about a dog bite injury with no charge for your consultation.
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