Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• $30,000 Verdict for Trip and Fall Victim

  Craig Cannon | June 15, 2007 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  The City of Ocala appealed a jury verdict awarding $30,000 to Cathleen Donner for pain and suffering and medical expenses after she tripped and fell on uneven slabs of sidewalk in downtown Ocala. Donner suffered a fractured nose, broken teeth and knee injuries that later required surgery as a result of the fall. When the jury ruled in her favor in March, she thought her case against the City...

• Scuba Diving and Common Sense

  Joe Stanley | June 13, 2007 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  : Police Identify Scuba Diver Found Dead in Lake. This story highlights what can happen if we dont investigate and evaluate experts who are involved in some type of hazardous activity. If you are trusting your safety or your financial security to someone check them out. the same goes for attorneys Talk with them and personally evaluate what they do and can do for you in any car crash or any...

• Scuba Diving and Common Sense

  Joe Stanley | June 13, 2007 11:53 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  : Police Identify Scuba Diver Found Dead in Lake. This story highlights what can happen if we dont investigate and evaluate experts who are involved in some type of hazardous activity. If you are trusting your safety or your financial security to someone check them out. the same goes for attorneys Talk with them and personally evaluate what they do and can do for you in any car crash or any...

• Million Dollar Dog Bite Lawsuit Filed

  Stu Cochrane | June 12, 2007 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsFort Dodge, IA

  A Knoxville, Tennessee man who was attacked by an Akita has filed a dog attack lawsuit against the animal's owners. The dog had traveled over six miles when it arrived at the home of Charles Wood, who was playing catch in the yard with his daughter."The dog just walked up and grabbed my glove first and then went for my hand and it's all kind of a blur from there."Wood suffered several puncture...

• Worker killed at Tribune plant

  Barry Doyle | June 12, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A "temporary contract worker" was killed at the Chicago Tribune printing plant two weeks ago. The worker was cleaning gears at the bottom of an elevator shaft when the elevator started.The worker was cut in half by the machinery, resulting in instant fatal injuries.This clearly was an avoidable accident. When people are working in an enclosed area such as this, it should be clearly and plainly...

• Governor Bit by Dog While Visiting Bloomington Farm

  Christina Cole | June 12, 2007 1:20 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  After unintentionally startling a dog with his Harley-Davidson, Governor Mitch Daniels, was bitten on the leg at a farm outside Bloomington. Thankfully, the dog bite was minor and did not require stitches, said the Governor's spokeswoman.At this time there are no plans to euthanize the dog. The Governor referred to the incident as "just one of those little hazards of traveling through...

• How's this for irony?

  IB Contributor | June 10, 2007 12:01 AM | 2 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Court Hearing to Save Pitbull a Day after Pitbulls Attack Tustin woman and Maul her DogEarly Wednesday morning, two female pitbulls snatched a poodle from the arms of an elderly woman in Tustin and mauled the little dog in front of her eyes, in her front yard, according to an article in The Orange County Register. On Thursday morning, a Westminster woman's attorney begged an Orange County...

• Wal-Mart Sued Over Cart

  Shannon Weidemann | June 09, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  A woman has filed a premises liability lawsuit against Wal-Mart due to the placement of a push/pull cart in the store. She alleges that she fell due to a push/pull cart that she could not see. According to the suit, Wal-Mart failed to keep its aisles clear of items that could cause a fall, and the cart in question was placed in an unsafe area "adjacent to or underneath a table of plants,"...

• City Attorney Gives Two Minute Closing Argument - Backfires as Jury Awards $3.7M

  Mike Ferrara | June 09, 2007 12:26 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A Florida jury awarded a 38 year old Florida woman $3.7 million dollars for horrendous injuries suffered after being bitten by two Rottwellers. The jury found the City of Delray Beach 60% at fault and the dog owner 40% at fault. The evidence showed that city officials were on notice, from prior incidents, that the dogs were dangerous and did nothing about it. The City Attorney in a two...

• Dog Is Shot Dead after He Attacks a Child

  Rick Patterson | June 08, 2007 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Certain dogs are known to be aggressive. In fact, many insurance companies will not insure a home if one or more of a list of dogs known to be aggressive are present in the home or on the property. As a rule, one dog you won't find on such a list is a Labrador, which is all the more reason that a story about an attack on a small child by a Labrador seems more than a little unusual. In this...