Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Diving Injury Paraplegic Awarded 16 Million

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | July 03, 2007 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  An 18 year old young man from Kansas dove from the dock into a lake in 2005 and came out without being able to walk again. The water where he dove was less than 4 feet deep, but was not properly marked. A jury in 2007 held the corporation that owned the lake responsible for this injury and awarded 20 millions dollars for the permanent, catastrophic injury to the young man. The jury did find...

• Texas Boy Attacked by Pit Bull

  Shannon Weidemann | July 03, 2007 2:34 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 6-year-old boy was attacked by a pit bull in Houston and the injuries were so severe that it required over 200 stitches to repair. The boy was playing with the dog at his mother's home. The dog bite attack happened on Saturday evening. Harris County Animal Control officials went to the residence after deputies responded to the call but did not take the dog into custody because it is not a...

• Preventing Dog Bites

  Scott Smith | June 30, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  In 1994, roughly 4.7 million persons in the United States were bitten by dogs. Of these, roughly 800,000 persons sought medical care for the bite. Over half (420,000) of those getting medical care were children. Children are often bitten on the face, and any bite can cause severe injury or infection. Children's small size may cause a dog to act in a dominant way toward a child. Many...

• Rabies & Dog Bites Lead to Euthanized Pets

  Susy Owen | June 28, 2007 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Rabies is on the rise in North Carolina. In fact, officials in Mitchell and Yancey counties are advising residents to keep food and pets away from wild animals since they could be infected with the disease. Apparently, the increase in North Carolina is due to the large raccoon population in that state. The numbers are high. In the last few months as many as eight pets have had to be euthanized...

• Marshall University Board Named in Slip-and-Fall Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | June 27, 2007 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsCape Cod, MA

  The Marshall University Board of Governors has been named in a slip-and-fall lawsuit filed by a woman that fell on Marshall's Huntington Campus.The woman, along with her husband, filed the lawsuit, June 8, in Kanawha Circuit Court, naming the Board of Governor's of Marshall University as the defendants. The suit claims on September 8, 2005, the woman was walking on campus nearby the entrance of...

• Pants Case

  Rob Quattrocci | June 26, 2007 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  I believe that everyone has heard of the case of the gentleman suing a dry cleaner for in excess of 50 million dollars for losing his pants. Every news organization is broadcasting that the case was dismissed and arguing that cases like these are the reason we need tort reform. However, the system did what it is supposed to i.e. dismissed a meritlous case. Look, every profession has members...

• Texas Toddler Bitten by Dog

  Shannon Weidemann | June 26, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  A 2-year-old girl was bitten by a dog outside of her Tyler, Texas home and had to receive 80 stitches. The girl was outside with her mother when she left her mother's site and was attacked. The dog bites were on her head. The attack happened last Wednesday. I come running around the house and there she was coming to find me. Her head was just blood was everywhere. Scared me I didn't know...

• How to Win a Slip and Fall Case in Virginia (VA)

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 26, 2007 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A personal injury lawsuit in Virginia (VA) has two parts: liability and damages. Damages are the result of the bodily injury to the person who is hurt, such as a broken bone and the lost wages and...

• CT DOT Cuts Backs On Bridge Safety Inspections

  James Sabatini | June 25, 2007 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Connecticut Department of Transportation has cut back on bridge inspections across the state over the past two years. Under its new policy, the DOT will inspect most bridges half as often as outlined under federal standards, and less often than it did at the time of the 1983 Mianus River Bridge collapse, which killed three and caused the state to improve its inspection standards. This cut...

• Animal Liability - Dog Bites

  Scott Smith | June 23, 2007 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Dog attacks represent some of the most gruesome personal injuries that are suffered, particularly where a child is involved (as is often the case). During 1997 and 1998, at least 27 people died as the result of dog bite attacks (18 people in 1997 and 9 in 1998). Of 27 human dog bite related fatalities, 19 (70%) were children (1 was 30 days old, 3 were between 7 and 11 months old, 9 were...