Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Learn Lessons from a Young Boy Drowning in a Pool

  Karl Truman | September 10, 2009 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  John Pluchinsky was a 4 1/2 year-old boy attending Space Week day camp at the Houston Racquet Club in July 2007. He drowned in front of lifeguards and camp counselors because of failures in pool...

• Electrocuted To Death While Showering In Iraq

  Steve Lombardi | September 10, 2009 8:37 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Another man has died from electrocution in Iraq. This one was a contractor looking to earn enough money to buy a house for his wife. Joining the military at 17-years of age, then doing three...

• 1,000 Golf-Cart Accidents Per Month

  Steve Lombardi | September 02, 2009 11:27 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  In 2008, a group of researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)investigated how often golf carts were involved in causing trips to the emergency room. Their findings were...

• In this day and age is it still necessary to yell "FORE!"?

  Steve Lombardi | August 28, 2009 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  As any Caddyshack fan knows, a day at the golf course isn’t always a relaxing retreat. But can it be a minefield of potential lawsuits? Specifically, does a golfer need to shout...

• Private Officer Security Forces: Excessive Force Endangers the Public They Are Sworn to Protect

  Mark Bello | August 24, 2009 3:19 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  An important public safety issue that is, perhaps, under the radar or frequently ignored, is the background required to be and training required of a private security force. At this level, we might...

• Falling Merchandise/Commericial Premises Liability Cases: Sometimes "Pianos Do Fall From the Sky!

  Mark Bello | August 17, 2009 1:24 PM | 1 CommentVoices

  Remember the Road Runner cartoons? Anyone who has watched these Loony Toons cartoons will probably remember the giant Acme anvil that managed to fall on Wiley Coyote every time he chased the...

• Apartment Pool Drowning a Horrible Tragedy

  Fred Schultz | August 17, 2009 11:55 AM | 2 CommentsBloomington, IN

  It broke my heart to see that a 4 year old boy drowned in the pool at the Bachelor Heights apartment complex. I have a five year old son and simply cannot imagine, and don't want to even pretend to...

• Vacation Turned Tragedy: Boy Drowns at Fort Fisher Beach

  Lawrence Egerton | August 14, 2009 9:35 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/ / CC BY 2.0 Saturday brought yet another drowning death this year. This time it happened at the beach near Fort Fisher, NC. 10 year old Emanuel...

• Public Relations Gone Wrong 3-year-old is Accidentally Shot by Deputy’s Shot Gun at Public Event

  Steve Lombardi | August 12, 2009 12:01 PM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  I once heard a Polk County Judge say, Let no good deed go unpunished. This is just one of those deeds. Every so often the police conduct a PR event intending to create good will to help build...

• A scare at O’Hare: Fractured kneecap and torn cartilage caused by Airport's slippery fall

  Doug Landau | August 10, 2009 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  The Chicago Tribune reported on the negligence case. The city of Chicago has reportedly settled a personal injury lawsuit by a woman injured at O'Hare Airport when she allegedly slipped on the...