Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• 65,000,000.00 Pants Lawsuit Outrageous and Untrue Reflection of American Justice System

  Joe Stanley | May 05, 2007 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsNorthern New York, NY

  The news is full of stories about the 65,000,00.00 pants lawsuit. It is being used by the insurance industry and those seeking to limit the rights of injured people as an example of a "frivolous lawsuit"ABC NewsThis is not news. The claim is a joke and has no relationship to the judicial system. Our system allows people to attempt stupid things but they are appropriately punished if they are...

• Personal Injury and Premises (injury while on another's property)Damages in Spinal Cord Injury Cases

  Scott Smith | May 05, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Event the slightest trauma to the spinal cord is usually devastating. The nature of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is such that the amount of damages that may be recovered against a party responsible for causing such injury is substantial. The average out-of-pocket cost of coping with a spinal cord injury in the first year can be as high as $572,000 for the most severe injuries. For each year...

• 65,000,000.00 Pants Lawsuit Outrageous and Untrue Reflection of American Justice System

  Joe Stanley | May 05, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsSyracuse, NY

  The news is full of stories about the 65,000,00.00 pants lawsuit. It is being used by the insurance industry and those seeking to limit the rights of injured people as an example of a "frivolous lawsuit"ABC NewsThis is not news. The claim is a joke and has no relationship to the judicial system. Our system allows people to attempt stupid things but they are appropriately punished if they are...

• Police Dog Finds Suspect, Bites Him

  Christina Cole | May 03, 2007 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsWaterloo, IA

  A wanted man hiding in a crawl space beneath a house was flushed from his hiding space by a police dog, on Tuesday, and is now being treated at a Des Moines hospital for a dog bite.The man, 43, of Des Moines, hiding in a crawl space, didn't respond when officers told him to come out. Officers then proceeded to spray pepper spray into the area and still the man did not respond. After two failed...

• Williamsburg Woman Wins Slip & Fall Case

  Shannon Weidemann | May 02, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A woman from Williamsburg fell and hit her head outside of a gas station in 2003 causing a brain injury. She sued the company with a slip and fall lawsuit after she was unable to return to work. Water running down from a leaky awning caused her to slip. The plantiff's attorney's were able to get the Miller Mart officials to admit in depositions that they knew the outside curb was dangerous....

• $12 Million Slip and Fall Verdict

  Craig Cannon | May 02, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  A Hampton, Virginia jury awarded a Williamsburg woman more than $12.2 million in a slip-and-fall case. In August 2003, Annette Ritzmann was walking into what was then a Miller Mart on the corner of Lafayette Street and Richmond Road to buy a newspaper and pay for gas when she slipped on a small puddle caused by a leaky awning. She landed on her chest and chin, and a witness would later say the...

• Woman Awarded $12.2 Million in Slip-and-Fall Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | May 02, 2007 2:27 AM | 0 CommentsFort Dodge, IA

  A jury awarded a woman over $12.2 million in a slip-and-fall lawsuit after she was not able to return to work after slipping and hitting her head while at a gas station convenience store.In August 2003, the woman was walking into Miller Mart to buy a newspaper and pay for gas when she slipped on a small puddle that was caused by a leaky awning. When she fell, she landed on her chest and chin....

• Dog Bite Victim? What Should I Do?

  Mike Ferrara | May 01, 2007 10:12 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  As warm weather approaches there will be more incidents of folks that are victims of dog bites. You must get immediate medical attention and demand proof from the dog's owner that the dog had the proper rabies shots. Make certain you correctly identify the dog's owner. Under most circumstances, the home owner's insurance company will pay all the medical bills, together with additional...

• Forget Dog Bites, Coyotes on The Prowl

  Larry Buckfire | May 01, 2007 2:24 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI

  Numerous studies have shown litters of city pups survive in greater numbers than country cousins who work harder for traditional food like grasshoppers, mice and rabbits. In suburbs, coyotes eat garbage, pet food and even scraps from Metro Detroit residents who feed the wild animals, Payne said.A unusual trend is happening here in Michigan. While Michiganders used to be on the looking for...

• Liability for Failure to Prevent Risks of Criminal Activity

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  I read today that a female Circle K clerk in Tucson filed a lawsuit against her employer alleging that the company provided negligent security which allowed a customer to abduct and sexually assault her. According to the newspaper article in the Arizona Daily Star, Circle K should have known of "criminal dangers" at that store. . . . [T]he company should have staffed at least two employees...