Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Landlords Take Initiative to Prevent Crime

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Small towns and villages to taking the necessary steps to ensure the safety of its citizens by requiring landlords to attend a mandatory crime seminar. The Crime Free Housing Program is designed to help residents, owners and managers of rental property keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.Under the program, all landlords, not only of multi-family rental units but...

• Family Awarded $2 Million in Unsolved Negligent Security Case

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The family of former University of Miami football player, Bryan Pata, will receive a $2 million settlement from the apartment complex in which the shooting death occurred. Pata had returned to his Kendall apartment on November 7, parked in his designated space and began walking toward his door when he was shot and killed. ''It was totally dark,'' said Haggard, of Haggard Law Firm in Coral...

• Toddler in Michigan Suffers Dog Bite

  Shannon Weidemann | May 14, 2007 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  A mixed breed dog bit a 14-month-old boy in Jackson, Michigan last week. The victim was at his grandmother's house when her dog may have tried to get a chip the toddler was eating. The dog bite was on his face. The victim was taken to Foote Hospital, then transported to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Heins said. The boy was released from the hospital Monday and is...

• $12 Million Slip and Fall Verdict

  Craig Cannon | May 02, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A Hampton, Virginia jury awarded a Williamsburg woman more than $12.2 million in a slip-and-fall case. In August 2003, Annette Ritzmann was walking into what was then a Miller Mart on the corner of Lafayette Street and Richmond Road to buy a newspaper and pay for gas when she slipped on a small puddle caused by a leaky awning. She landed on her chest and chin, and a witness would later say the...

• FL Couple Arrested After Dog Bite

  Christina Cole | April 27, 2007 1:53 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  A Florida couple was arrested after their pit bull, bit a veterinary worker.The couple has been charged with culpable negligence and keeping a dangerous animal.The dog, Kane, was confiscated in February, after he attacked an animal control officer and tore his pants. But a judge returned the dog agreeing with the owners and their lawyers, that the dog had been provoked into biting the animal...

• Miami Negligent Security Lawsuit Filed Against Houston's Restaurant

  Staff Writer | April 24, 2007 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Last Tuesday, the family of Bradley Timpf filed a negligent security lawsuit against the owners of Houston's restaurant in North Miami Beach. Dr. Bradley Timpf was found shot in the parking lot of Houston's Restaurant at 17455 Biscayne Blvd. at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 10. The shooting has not been solved.The lawsuit alleges that, on the night of the shooting, the restaurant had inadequate lighting...

• Issue of Negligent Security in Virginia Tech Tragedy

  Staff Writer | April 19, 2007 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  I don't think there is a media outlet that hasn't covered the tragic events that took place at Virginia Tech early this week. The outpouring of support touched us all for those students and professors that were brutally shot and killed. What I found particularly interesting was the investigation that has been launched by the governor of Virginia (at the request of Virginia Tech) to look into...

• Woman Attacked at Florida Dog Show

  Christina Cole | March 26, 2007 2:19 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  After attacking a woman at a dog show in Melbourne, Florida, Animal Control agents took a large Akita into custody.The dog attacked a 70-year-old woman injuring her left ankle. Witnesses told police the dog started to drag the woman before many men pulled the animal off her. Captain Brown, spokesman for Brevard County Animal Services, said there was no clear reason for the attack.This dog breed...

• Man Suffers Multiple Dog Bites

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 1:59 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL

  A man suffered several dog bite wounds on Thursday when he was attacked by a group of pit bulls that had escaped from their yard, reports Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.The man was transported to Northside Hospital for treatment.When Officials arrived on the scene, they found Smith pounding on a neighbor's door, shouting for help, after being attacked by three pit-bulls. One dog turned to...

• Boone Teenager Bit By Dog

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  A teenager was trying to retrieve his dog when he was bit by another dog. He believed it to be a pitbull but the owner took off with her dog before he could get any information from her.A 15-year-old Boone boy had 24 hours to track down the owner of a dog that bit him, in order to avoid a series of painful shots. Within minutes of his story airing on Channel 13, someone located the dog. It was...