{"id":904,"date":"2013-12-27T14:48:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T14:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/?p=904"},"modified":"2013-12-27T14:48:49","modified_gmt":"2013-12-27T14:48:49","slug":"woman-falls-through-cellar-door-at-vacant-home-and-sues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/woman-falls-through-cellar-door-at-vacant-home-and-sues\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Falls Through Cellar Door At Vacant Home And Sues."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/madisonrecord.com\/issues\/366-personal-injury\/261396-broken-foot-at-vacant-home-leads-to-personal-injury-suit\">An Illinois woman claims she broke her foot while walking around a vacant home<\/a> in Collinsville that bore a \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfnBHSrl5AA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The woman is suing the companies responsible for overseeing the sale of the home, which had been taken over by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development after foreclosure in 2010. The injured, Patricia Fuentes, claims the house had been vacant for at least two years when suddenly a \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign was put up. On January 31, 2013, Fuentes walked around the property, which she says was reasonable given the \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign that welcomed potential buyers. There was a patio in the back of the house that allegedly contained a cellar door that blended in with the ground around it. <strong>Fuentes unknowingly stepped on the cellar door, and as a result, fell six feet and suffered a broken ankle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fuentes is asking for more than $150,000 in damages for medical expenses, loss of income and court costs.<\/strong> It is her contention that placing a \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign on the property welcomed visitors and therefore required some warning of the hidden and hazardous cellar door.<\/p>\n<p>Property owners are responsible for providing safe, secure and properly maintained premises. Regardless of how or why someone enters a property, Massachusetts property owners may still be held liable for injuries sustained on their property when such injuries were caused by their negligence. If you or someone you love has been injured due to someone else\u2019s negligence, and would like to find out whether you have a viable claim for personal injury damages or wrongful death damages, please call <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong> or email <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\"><strong>info@gilhoylaw.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,<\/strong> to speak with an expert <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-premises-liability.php\">Massachusetts unsafe property personal injury attorney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-damages.php\">Boston accident lawyers<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death attorney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to talk to an expert in Massachusetts personal injury law, call <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong> for a <strong>free, confidential consultation<\/strong> with one of our highly skilled <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-premises-liability.php\">Boston, MA premises liability lawyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyers<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Boston, MA wrongful death lawyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please contact our expert <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-about-gil-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\"><strong>Boston, MA law firm<\/strong><\/a><strong> at 617-787-3700 or email at <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\"><strong>info@gilhoylaw.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Illinois woman claims she broke her foot while walking around a vacant home in Collinsville that bore a \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign. The woman is suing the companies responsible for overseeing the sale of the home, which had been taken &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/woman-falls-through-cellar-door-at-vacant-home-and-sues\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}