Vacation Rentals and Premises Liability
Vacation rentals are ideal for people who want a little bit of leisure without a lot of responsibility on a shoestring budget. If you live in your apartment, then a long weekend in a house you rented through Airbnb can give you your fill of the outdoor barbecue lifestyle. You can grill steaks on a holiday weekend, and your kids can roast marshmallows, but you can just pay for your time that you spend there and not have to worry about all the maintenance that a single-family home requires. Following the GPS to the only Food Lion in town is more relaxing than taking an elevator ride to the 24th floor of a hotel that somehow still isn’t good enough for your mother-in-law even though you dropped tons of money for the reservation. Of course, plenty can go wrong during a vacation rental getaway, from trying to figure out who, if anyone, to fess up to if your kids break a piece of furniture in the rental house to realizing that the house is much farther from the beach than you had hoped. If a member of your party gets injured in an accident because of unsafe conditions at a vacation rental, the paths to legal remedies are more tortuous than they would be if the accident had happened at a hotel or a private residence. If you got injured in a preventable accident at a vacation rental house, contact a Fort Lauderdale premises liability lawyer.
Balcony Collapses at St. John’s County Vacation Rental House
In January 2026, 13 people had gathered at a vacation rental house in Ponte Vedra in St. John’s County. For reasons that were under investigation, the second-floor balcony collapsed while the guests were standing on it. First responders evaluated the guests and determined that two needed air transport to a hospital with a trauma center, eight could be transported to the nearest hospital by ambulance, and three did not suffer injuries serious enough to need hospital treatment. By the day after the accident, the airlifted guests were in stable condition; their injuries are not life-threatening. Neighbors interviewed on the local news said that the house was a popular destination for vacationers and that they often saw different groups of people there.
Who Is Legally Responsible for Accidental Injuries That Occur at Vacation Rentals
Premises liability laws give customers injured because of preventable hazards at places of business the right to file personal injury lawsuits against the parties responsible for the place of business or the property owner. Since most people who rent out their houses to vacationers use third party companies like Airbnb as intermediaries, the homeowner might be a defendant in the premises liability case, and so might the company that manages the vacation rental.
Set Up a Consultation Today
A personal injury lawyer can help you get justice after a preventable accident at a vacation rental house. Contact Boone & Davis in Fort Lauderdale, Florida or call 954-566-9919 to explore your potential recovery options today.
Source:
sjcitizen.com/eight-injured-in-ponte-vedra-beach-deck-collapse-sunday-afternoon/
