Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Dog Bite Prevention

  Rick Patterson | May 25, 2007 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Dog bites are a concern. Every year, dogs bite about 4.7 million people, mostly children, the elderly and mail carriers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Knowing what to do if a strange dog approaches you in a menacing way is a very good idea not only for you but for your children. Who better to learn from than the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter carrier's line...

• Landlords Take Initiative to Prevent Crime

  Staff Writer | May 25, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Small towns and villages to taking the necessary steps to ensure the safety of its citizens by requiring landlords to attend a mandatory crime seminar. The Crime Free Housing Program is designed to help residents, owners and managers of rental property keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.Under the program, all landlords, not only of multi-family rental units but...

• Family Awarded $2 Million in Unsolved Negligent Security Case

  Staff Writer | May 24, 2007 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The family of former University of Miami football player, Bryan Pata, will receive a $2 million settlement from the apartment complex in which the shooting death occurred. Pata had returned to his Kendall apartment on November 7, parked in his designated space and began walking toward his door when he was shot and killed. ''It was totally dark,'' said Haggard, of Haggard Law Firm in Coral...

• National Dog Bite Week - 4.7M Bites A Year Is Way Too Many

  Mike Ferrara | May 23, 2007 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Arf Arf. America's dog owners need to do a better job keeping their dogs under control. One group that is not happy is the National Association Letter Carriers who report that 3154 of their letter carriers got biten last year. In all, there were 4.7M dog bite victims in 2006. Since this is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, all dog owners need to re-evaluate what they need to do...

• Workers Compensation - Workplace Injuries

  Rob Quattrocci | May 22, 2007 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  Slip and falls are extremely common in the workplace as well as at home. Adults over the ageof 65 are even more prone as they can no longer take evasive action when presented with anemergency.But falling is not just a problem of the elderly. In the workplace, about a quarter-million workers each year suffer injuries from falls that are bad enough to make them take time off, according to the...

• Workplace Injuries - Workers Compensation

  Rob Quattrocci | May 22, 2007 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  Slip and falls are extremely common in the workplace as well as at home. Adults over the ageof 65 are even more prone as they can no longer take evasive action when presented with anemergency.But falling is not just a problem of the elderly. In the workplace, about a quarter-million workers each year suffer injuries from falls that are bad enough to make them take time off, according to the...

• Pit bull bites woman second time

  Barry Doyle | May 22, 2007 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A California woman who was visiting a friend was bitten by the friend's 90 pound pit bull for the second time. The woman, who had been bitten on the leg in December, 2005, realized that the dog was acting aggressively, and tried to hide in the bathroom, but the dog broke down the door in order to attack her.The woman suffered serious injuries to her arm in the most recent attack.The traditional...

• Connecticut Adopts Mode of Operation Rule, Slip and Falls

  James Sabatini | May 21, 2007 7:56 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Connecticut State Supreme Court recently adopted the mode of operation of rule. This rule is extremely important for people injured as a result of a fall down (slip and fall) at a self service store. Self service stores are supermarkets, cafeterias, fast-food restaurants and other businesses where the customer selects the merchandise or food from the displays as opposed to an employee...

• Woman Suffers Pit Bull Bite

  Christina Cole | May 19, 2007 9:13 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  An elderly woman suffered serious injury to her right arm, on Thursday, when she was attacked by pit bull terrier that had bitten her in the past.The attack occurred while the victim was visiting the dog owner's home. It appears the bite was unprovoked whilst the women were chatting in the living room during her visit.The victim was transported to Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa by ambulance...

• Postal Carrier Injured in Dog Attacks

  Larry Buckfire | May 19, 2007 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  The U.S. Postal Service has stopped delivering mail in a certain Northwest Detroit neighborhood because a postal carrier was viciously attacked twice by different dogs. Dog attacks and dog bite cases are not new to mail carriers and postal workers who walk through neighborhoods daily and have to fend off stray dogs. Owners of dogs who run stray and injure others are negligent under both state...