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Waco Stair Collapse Lawyer

The construction and maintenance of stairways is vital to ensuring the safety of a building’s visitors and inhabitants. Because they are designed to help people ascend or descend great heights, the collapse of stairs poses substantial risk of injury to people on or below the failed stairway. The fall from a significant elevation exponentially raises the likelihood that such an injury will be severe.

Medical attention is almost always required for these accidents, and with the current cost of health care, the financial strain can be tremendous. Because the building’s owner was responsible for monitoring the condition and adequacy of the stairs, the company or individual may have been demonstrably negligent.

If this is the case, you can file a lawsuit against the responsible party to seek damages for your medical bills, pain, suffering, and other considerations. Contact Waco stair collapse lawyer Vic Feazell at 877-948-4842.

Causes of Stair Collapses

Despite the importance of customer or guest safety, many companies and individuals attempt to cut costs when they are building or maintaining a structure. The way this manifests in stair collapses frequently takes the following shapes:

  • Inadequate materials – using woods that do not have the necessary tensile strength
  • Improper reinforcement – failure to build a sufficient support structure
  • Deficient construction – shoddily crafted stairs may result from hiring a poor contractor
  • Failure to monitor or terminate pests – termites substantially compromise the integrity of stairs

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It would certainly have been better for everyone involved if the stairway had been safe in the first place. But now that you have suffered an injury as a result of a building owner’s negligence, it’s important that you seek the remedies that are available to you under the law. Contact the Waco stair collapse lawyers at the Law Offices of Vic Feazell, P.C. at 877-948-4842.