Posts tagged Premises Liability

• Your Rights as a Visitor to the U.S.

  Sandy Grinnell | July 16, 2009 3:25 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  “I’m going to Disney World” This phrase made infamous by sports champions from all around the athletic world continues to be a successful pitch (no pun intended) for Disney since...

• Mother And Child Drown in Jacksonville Pool

  Eddie Farah | July 09, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There are many questions surrounding the drowning death of a young mother and her baby in an Arlington community pool on Wednesday. Tiffany Sue Cecconi, 18, and her 18-month-old daughter, Kaylani,...

• Curbing House Parties - The Party's Over Campaign

  Eddie Farah | March 16, 2009 11:00 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Just on the verge of spring break, “The Party’s Over” campaign has been launched in St. Johns County, south of Jacksonville, by Sheriff David Shoar. Underage drinking has gotten...

• 13-Year-Old Killed At Apartment, Mother Settles Lawsuit

  Eddie Farah | October 17, 2008 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The mother of a 13-year-old Jacksonville girl, killed by a stray bullet fired within her apartment complex, has settled her lawsuit against the property owner. Tina Williams filed the lawsuit...

• Woman Files Lawsuit After Slip and Fall at Florida Sanctuary

  Chrissie Cole | June 15, 2008 7:33 AM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A Florida woman is suing the owner of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, in Naples, after an alleged slip and fall accident when she slipped on mud or bird poop that was on the ground during her visit. The...

• Pro Bono Hours On The Decline In Florida

  Eddie Farah | May 03, 2008 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Are Florida’s lawyers spending less time helping those who cannot afford to pay? The Florida Bar, reports that the number of hours Florida lawyers donate to the poor every year is on the decline,...

• Crane Falls, Crashes Through Roof of Construction Office

  Sandy Grinnell | March 27, 2008 4:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  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...

• Long Term Pain In Personal Injury Cases

  Joseph Bernardo | March 18, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Trauma patients in America's hospitals are not necessarily "all better" just because they are released from the hospital. A large number of those hurt in accidents and falls and are treated at hospitals are not pain free upon their release.62.7% of patients in hospital admissions from trauma had pain 12 months llater. The pain was characterized as moderately severe. More than half of these...

• Legionnaires Disease Contracted by Orlando Tourists

  Ed Normand | March 14, 2008 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  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 Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  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...