When you visit a bar or night-club for a few hours of relaxation and enjoyment, things turn unpleasant if you become the victim of assault by the bar or night-club bouncer, resulting in harm or injury. When such a situation occurs, your first priority is to get immediate medical attention, whether you suffer minor or major injuries. Some types of injuries could develop into more serious complications if they’re not attended to early enough by a competent/experienced medical professional.

Following this, it’s important to contact a personal injury attorney as soon as possible. If the bouncer or security guard harms or injures a patron, for instance, pushes or punches them, causing them to fall or crash against a wall or down steps, resulting in bruises, cuts/lacerations, broken bones or severe brain/spinal injuries, whiplash or other serious injuries, you are entitled to compensation from all those responsible for this occurrence. Our 24×7 personal injury lawyers can be of immediate assistance to ensure that your rights are protected and that you receive the right medical and legal advice.

Most people working as bouncers or security guards at hospitality facilities don’t personally have the means or the insurance coverage to fulfill your compensation claim. Hence, the premises owner also needs to be part of your suit. Ensure that you find a personal injury lawyer who has specialized in this area of tort law.

Night-Club Bouncer or Security Guard Assaults

People go to clubs, pubs, restaurants or bars to have a good time, relax and let their hair down. They are served food/alcohol, entertained by music/live performers and the atmosphere is generally less inhibited and cheerful. People feel secure and safe as there are specially hired security guards and bouncers to prevent untoward incidents and ensure that patrons don’t suffer injury or harm. These guards/bouncers are expected to hold their own emotions and aggression in check, diffuse potentially explosive situations and also monitor the behavior of patrons.

However, security guards and bouncers sometimes step out of line, lose their cool and attack or assault customers. This could be because patrons were under the influence of alcohol and behaved aggressively towards the guard. Inexperienced bouncers may find it difficult to keep themselves under control. Negligence is failing to perform some aspect of their job which results in harm/injury to patrons.

For instance, if a guest informs the bouncer about liquid-spill on the floor and the guard ignores it, causing guests to slip and fall, premises liability and negligent security suits can be brought against the premises owner and guards.

In tragic cases, a guest may die due to injuries suffered in attacks by bouncers at night-clubs/bars etc. and our 24×7 personal injury lawyers can assist you to bring a suit of wrongful death against the premises-owner as well as the guards. Criminal cases would be filed separately by the police.

Bouncers/security guards do not have special immunity/privileges. They should follow a strict protocol in enforcing peace, such as make verbal requests, ask the person to leave or call the police in case the patron is impaired or aggressive. If attacked first, the bouncer may retaliate in self-defense, or to protect another person.

How We Can Assist

When you or a loved one suffers such injuries, our accident injury lawyers available 24×7 can ensure that you receive the best medical treatment and legal assistance without delay. Personal injury cases have stringent time-frames within which they’re to be filed, and our traumatic injury lawyers can proceed with the paperwork to ensure that it is completed in a timely and accurate way. It’s also vital to file the case in the right jurisdiction, based on location of attack and the amount of compensation sought. Compensation awarded can be for medical expenses, pain and suffering/mental anguish, lost wages etc. If there are serious injuries, claim can be made for disability, rehabilitation, care etc.

Our free consultation injury lawyers take up cases on a contingency-fee basis and no fees are required up-front. We also have the expertise, resources and experience to ensure that the case is backed by medical/eye-witness testimony, documentary/photographic proof, evidence from surveillance cameras etc. and we can access police records to further strengthen the case.

While personal injury lawyers are well-versed with all aspects of tort law, it’s beneficial in such cases is to ensure that you get a local personal injury lawyer who is familiar with dealing with cases similar to yours, since she/he would be able to understand the circumstances, the kind of pub/club/restaurant that you patronized, and also the local court and law-enforcement systems.

If you, your family or a friend has been injured in an accident, please feel free to speak to one of our injury lawyers for a free consultation about how we are able to assist in making a personal injury claim. We consult in all cities across Ontario with a no win no fee guarantee. Our personal injury lawyers have helped victims secure millions of dollars in personal injury cases. Call us Toll Free On our 24/7 Injury Hotline: 1 – 844 495 7333 or Text a Personal Injury ‎Lawyer 24/7 and get instant help.TM (416 931 5015)