Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Near Drowning of toddler in family pool

  Joseph Bernardo | April 28, 2008 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  A week ago I wrote of the death of an infant here in Lee county by drowning in a pool. Here, a week later(this past Saturday) a toddler was found floating face down in the pool by family after...

• Theme Park Manager Blames Employees for Ride Injury at Six Flags

  Damaso Damaso | April 14, 2008 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A recent article on AOL News reported that a theme park ride injury last summer at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom may have been the result of workers not following the manufacturers instructions. The...

• Crane Falls, Crashes Through Roof of Construction Office

  Sandy Grinnell | March 27, 2008 4:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A construction crane fell 30 floors and crashed through the roof of a house being used as the construction office of a highrise condo in Miami, killing two men. One was a 59 year-old insurance company inspector; the other was an employee of the construction company who was only 29. Four other employees were hospitalized.The height of the crane was being raised so that it could extend further...

• Legionnaires Disease Contracted by Orlando Tourists

  Ed Normand | March 14, 2008 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Orange County, Florida Health Department confirmed that two tourists were infected with the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease. The disease is caused by a type of bacteria known as Legionella. These bacteria grow in warm water sources, including swimming pools, spas, water tanks, plumbing containers and, most famously, in building air-conditioning systems. A hotel in Orlando, near...

• Teen Killed in Tiger Attack at Zoo

  Shannon Weidemann | December 26, 2007 11:31 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A 17-year-old boy was attacked and killed by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day. Somehow the 350-pound Siberian Tiger was able to escape from it's enclosure. The tiger attack happened shortly after the zoo closed. Although some zoo officials speculate the threesome may have teased the tiger, San Francisco police Lt. Leroy Lindo said police currently have no reason to believe...

• Rosen & Rosen Obtains $682,000 Verdict Against Bloomingdale's

  Evan Rosen | November 29, 2007 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  Following a four day Jury trial, Ronald Rosen, Evan Rosen and Helen Farber, while representing their client received a jury verdict in excess of $682,733 on a trip and fall case. Our client, an employee of Finlay Fine Jewelers, which leases counter space from the Bloomingdales in the Boca Town Center Mall, fell over a cart in the department store's storage room when the motion-sensor lights...

• Slippery Shopping

  Bruce Gibson | November 27, 2007 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  I never cease to be amazed at the number of stores that respond to spills or other dangerous conditions on their floor by simply throwing out a plastic cone and leaving it there. As if this is where their responsibility ends. How often have you asked someone to please clean up 'aisle 5' , only to be met with a blank stare....who me? Recently, it took me three attempts to get an employee to...

• Be Careful Where You Let Your Crocs Wander

  Patricia Doherty | September 25, 2007 5:43 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Do you or your children wear the comfortable Crocs? If so, be aware there are more and more reports of people, and especially children, getting thier Crocs or similar shoeware , caught in escalators or similar moving walkways. The Associated Press reports that the flexibility and grip that makes Crocs so popular is what puts the wearer at risk for entrapment to occur. Some of the injuries...

• Man Suing Wal-Mart After Slip and Fall in Restroom

  Chrissie Cole | August 26, 2007 12:36 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A man who alleges he suffered injuries after a slip and fall accident in a Granite City Wal-Mart restroom, has filed a lawsuit in excess of $50,000 in damages.The lawsuit, filed August 20, in Madison County Circuit Court, alleges that on April 17, Wal-Mart allowed water to accumulate on the men's restroom floor causing him to slip-and-fall in the area he had to use.According to the complaint,...

• Florida Dog Bite Victim Awarded $3.7 Million by Jury

  Chrissie Cole | August 15, 2007 12:04 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  A woman who suffered life-long injuries in a ferocious dog attack was awarded $3.7 million by jurors, Thursday. The jury found Delray Beach city officials partially responsible for the attack, in fact, more so than the dog owners.The jury assigned 40 percent of the blame to the homeowner and 60 percent to Delray Beach, making the city potentially liable for over $2.2 million dollars in...