Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Officers kill pitbull after attack

  IB Contributor | May 10, 2007 7:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Two pitbulls attacked an Idaho man Tuesday morning, biting him more than 30 times before they were shot at and subdued by local animal control officers, according to a news report posted on KTVB News' Web site.Officers shot and killed one of the dogs and took another one to the Idaho Humane Society, the article says. Peter Olson said he was attacked by the dogs when he came out of his house to...

• Fall on Sidewalk? Plenty of Potential Defendants Including Landowner, Business Owner and City

  Michael Myers | May 10, 2007 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  When you fall on a sidewalk there are a number of potentially responsible parties. These responsible parties can be put into three major categories: Municipality, abutting landowner, and abutting business owner.While the city generally has a primary responsibility to maintain sidewalks (different rules may apply to parking strips and planting strips) responsibility can also fall on the...

• Worker Memorial Day Honors Those Who Died on the Job

  Ryan Nute | May 09, 2007 8:47 AM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  112 Washington residents died in 2006 because of injuries sustained in the workplace. A memorial was held by the Washington Department of Labor & Industries in April, which was attended by Governor Chris Gregoire. The ceremony has been held at the Department's headquarters in Tumwater for the past fourteen years. Many people are surprised to learn that injured workers are generally limited to...

• Arkansas town passes ordinance in wake of pit bull attack

  Barry Doyle | May 06, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  In Van Buren, Arkansas, the town council passed a vicious dog ordinance after a woman there was attacked by a pit bull. The ordinance covers vicious dogs and requires the owners to keep the animals in chain link fence enclosure, carry $1 million in liability insurance, and have a microchip implanted in the dog.The woman was suffered puncture wounds to her hand when she was bitten while...

• 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...