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Dangers and Hazards in a Home

When landlords neglect their rental properties, many life-threatening hazards can develop.  These hazards can include the following:

  • Fire hazards
  • Electrical hazards
  • Lack of or malfunctioning smoke detectors
  • Lack of lighting
  • Access to the roof for young children
  • Lack of properly functioning safety railings
  • Defective stairs
  • Inoperable elevators
  • Adjacent sidewalks with severe cracks
  • Lack of security in parking lots and common areas despite known crime incidents

These conditions result in serious burn injuries, trips and falls, traumatic brain injuries, fractures, electrocution and criminal assaults.

Shakhnis Law works with a team of experts in property management, engineering, medicine and mental health to fully document the dangerous conditions in a rental property and how those conditions have caused a serious injury.

First Steps to Take to Protect Your Rights

To protect your rights as a tenant you should consider taking the following steps:

  1. Call and make a complaint to the Los Angeles Housing Department at (866) 557-RENT and to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at (888) 700-9995.
  2. Take photos and videotape of dangerous conditions in and around your home or apartment building.
  3. Make complaints about all of the problems to your landlord or apartment manager in writing and keep a copy.
  4. Contact an attorney to review your rights and legal options.

The Law Protects Tenants

California law requires owners of rental properties to provide their tenants with at least the minimum in safe and healthy housing. A rental property must have working and safe appliances, fire alarms, functioning elevators, properly secured exterior doors and proper lighting.

Results

California Premises Liability Attorney Philip Shakhnis represents the victims of injuries that occur at any premises. Philip Shakhnis puts together a team of experts to explain how a defective condition violates the law, how it caused the injury, the severity of the resulting injuries and the medical care that will be required to address the injuries.

  • $975,000 Toxic Housing Settlement

    A women lived for years in an apartment with HVAC ducts that were never inspected or cleaned. The ducts were decades old and full of asbestos, fiberglass, dust and debris. For years this tenant unknowingly suffered with horrible migraines and significant respiratory and gastrointestinal health impacts.  Shakhnis Law put together a team of experts and marshalled the evidence to show that the corporate landlord recklessly violated asbestos cleanup regulations and industry practices related to maintaining, inspecting and replacing old fiberglass HVAC ducts.

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(213) 516-4165 or (323) 648-6602

(213) 516-4165 or (323) 648-6602