Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Protecting Your Child from the Day Care Provider

  Steve Lombardi | October 17, 2009 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Here is the story from the Des Moines Register. On September 25th 2009 police charged Melissa Watts with felony child endangerment in a case involving the brain injury of 4 month old Emiliano...

• Arbitration to be Voluntary under Proposed Legislation

  Steve Klearman | March 05, 2009 1:51 AM | 2 CommentsReno, NV

  On February 12, 2009 Representative Hank Johnson of Georgia introduced the bipartisan Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009. That Act is meant to safeguard citizens from being forced into entering...

• A Dog Owner’s Liability for Dog Bites

  Brent Adams | February 08, 2009 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC

  It seems that nearly every family owns a dog. The law imposes certain obligations in connection with the ownership of a dog. If these duties and responsibilities are not met, liability can result...

• Wal-Mart Cleared in Slip and Fall Lawsuit

  Chrissie Cole | May 16, 2008 1:13 PM | 0 CommentsTulsa, OK

  It took a Washington County jury less than thirty minutes, Tuesday, to decide Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was not at fault for a slip-and-fall accident that happened last year.The suit sought damages for...

• Pit Bull Fights off Master's Would-be Attacker

  Rick Patterson | February 10, 2008 4:28 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  One would think that it would be a pretty safe bet that a would-be attacker would shy away from attacking a dog owner when she is in the company of her pit bull. One would think. Last Thursday in Troutdale, Oregon, a man attacked a 19-year-old woman when her pit bull came to her rescue. The pit bull bit the attacker who swiftly left the scene and the woman. The man responsible for the attack is...

• Infant Falls 20 Feet from Bleachers, Listed In Critical Condition

  Michael Myers | September 19, 2007 7:32 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  During a high school soccer game at Toppenish Middle School a 5-month old baby girl fell 15 to 20 feet from the bleachers to the ground below. The baby suffered a head injury and was taken by ambulance to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital then airlifted to Harborview Medical Center where she was listed to be in critical condition.Police said a relative was baby-sitting the child during a high...

• Woman Suing Lot Owner for Slip-and-Fall

  Christina Cole | February 01, 2007 3:32 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH

  A woman has filed suit against owners of a parking lot where she slipped and fell on a pile of ice and snow. On January 18, Connie Taylor, filed a lawsuit against Jim Smith and O.V. Smith and Sons. According to the suit, Taylor slipped and fell on the ice in the parking lot owned by O.V. Smith and Sons.The lawsuit states Taylor sustained injuries of a sacrum/coccygeal fracture, right wrist...

• Bar Fight Raises Question of Premises Liability

  Michael Myers | November 23, 2005 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  At approximately 1:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, 2005 George Mosher Jr. was stabbed to death outside of Eli's Pub in Kent. Mr. Mosher was an off-duty pub employee who was trying to break up a fight that had erupted outside the establishment. His assailants stabbed him in the chest, puncturing his lung and severing his aorta. They then fled the scene before police arrived. For more...

• Landlords Can Now Be Liable for Pit Bull Attacks

  Bruce Bierhans | November 06, 2009 9:33 AM | 0 CommentsStoughton / Canton, MA

  It has long been the law in Massachusetts, and in many other states, that if your dog causes injury, you are liable regardless of whether or not you were negligent. This is called strict liability...

• The 250th Anniversary of Sir Arthur Guinness' 9,000 Year Lease

  Steve Lombardi | September 24, 2009 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Today we celebrate Sir Arthur Guinness and his shrewdness. For today is the 250th anniversary of the lease he signed in the year 1759. For a mere 100 pounds down and the promise to pay 45 pounds in...