Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Traveling this summer outside of the US? Be careful what you sign when you check in.

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | July 21, 2009 9:41 PM | 8 CommentsMiami, FL

  If you’ve ever been to an athletic event, you know that when two teams compete, often one is “home” and one is “away”. You prefer for your team to be home, not just...

• State Farm Putting Profits Before People In Florida

  Eddie Farah | January 31, 2009 11:34 PM | 8 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  State Farm property insurance wants to leave Florida for greener pastures. After major hurricanes in 2004 and 2005, State Farm Florida, a subsidiary of the insurance giant, says it will phase out...

• Fall Injuires at Shopping Areas and Theme Parks

  Ed Normand | January 06, 2009 2:49 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Recently we have seen tourists and other shoppers falling and getting hurt because outlet malls and even theme parks are not complying with the law by properly maintaining their public stores and...

• Allstate Admits it has Dirty Hands

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 16, 2008 10:02 AM | 2 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  Allstate the "good hands" people have decided to forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in profits rather than show their "dirty hands" to Floridians. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty...

• Three-Year-Old Dies In Lake City Pool As Swim Season Begins

  Eddie Farah | May 21, 2009 6:29 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  A three-year-old child drowned Sunday afternoon, May 17, in a swimming pool in the back yard of a home in Lake City. He was scooped from the pool and taken to a local hospital where was pronounced...

• Tips On Saving Children From Drowning

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2008 5:54 PM | 1 CommentTallahassee, FL

  The Southwest Florida Drowning Prevention Committee wants to share some safety tips to help protect children from drowning this summer. They believe that every family that owns a pool should have...

• Chlorine Leak At Hotel Underscores Duty Of Management To Guests

  Bob Carroll | September 16, 2006 4:24 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  "I'm not a chemical engineer, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night."One Holiday Inn Express wishes it had hosted a chemical engineer on April 9,2004.Jury awards $650,000 in chlorine leak case A Mason County jury, in a 21-page verdict, on Thursday awarded nearly $650,000 total to five plaintiffs who said they suffered physical and mental damages after a chlorine leak at the...

• Your Swimming Pool - Make It A Safe Place

  Bob Carroll | May 23, 2006 4:53 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  BrainInjury Blogs has just posted a very timely reminder about the importance of pool safety. Every summer there are Tampa Bay news reports of drownings and serious brain injuries as a result of swimming pool incidents. Most of the victims are children. The full article is well worth a read.Swimming Pool SafetyWith the approach of the memorial day weekend, it's important to focus on swimming...

• Disney Replaces Crashed Monorail

  Ed Normand | November 06, 2009 12:40 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Recently, Disney announced that a “new” monorail train, named Teal, is now up and running at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The monorail at Disney received heightened media...

• Injuries at Orlando Area Theme Parks: First Quarter 2009

  Ed Normand | September 11, 2009 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  During the first three months of 2009, Orlando area theme parks reported seven injuries - with six of those injuries occurring at Disney theme parks or water parks. In exchange for reporting...