Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Customer Wins $3.2 Million for Injuries at IKEA

  Randy Appleton | July 04, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A $3.2 million verdict was returned for a shopper by a Fairfax County jury for a crushed pelvis she suffered when a stack of countertops fell on her in 2006. The customer apparently incurred $75,000...

• Manoa Fire and Death!

  Wayne Parsons | April 24, 2009 4:38 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Bed and Breakfast. Rental Units. Manoa fire kills 2 and injures 7. These are not new headlines in Hawaii. Am I alone in thinking that we need to look closely at what happened in Manoa? A...

• Father And Son Sue Restaurant For Slip & Fall

  Chrissie Cole | February 21, 2009 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, in Warsaw, is being sued by a Winona Lake minor and his father for negligence, after the minor allegedly suffered an injury when he slipped on a patch of ice outside...

• Slip and Falls on Black Ice in Michigan

  Timothy Smith | January 19, 2009 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI

  Businesses bombard us with promises of a shopping experience loaded with deals, specials and savings. Whether it's Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or the local Five and Dime, you would think, as consumers, that...

• Are Federal Child Labor Laws Strict Enough?

  Nick Avgerinos | September 19, 2008 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  This week the Chicago Tribune reported on an incident in which a 17-year-old girl employed in a sandwich restaurant in Palos Heights, IL was closing up the store for the evening at 9:00pm when...

• Kroger Sued for Charleston Slip and Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | June 28, 2008 3:55 PM | 1 CommentColorado Springs, CO

  A woman alleges she shopping at a Charleston Kroger store was injured after slipping and falling. The slip and fall happened in April. She has filed a lawsuit against the company. She claims...

• What happens if someone falls on your property?

  Chuck Boyk | June 19, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  What happens when someone falls on your property? Toledo, Ohio car accident attorney Dale Emch answers general legal questions relating to many subjects including car accidents, personal injury,...

• Taco Bell Sued for Slip and Fall

  Shannon Weidemann | March 06, 2008 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsColorado Springs, CO

  A man has sued Taco Bell after he claims he fell on a wet floor at one of their restaurants. The slip and fall lawsuit was filed in January. The incident happened at a Taco Bell in West Virginia in 2006. Hailey claims he was injured when he fell. According to the lawsuit, Taco Bell should have known of the unsafe condition of the restaurant and prevented the accident. Hailey claims he...

• Northern California Tiger Attack Akin to Dog Bite?

  Larry Knapp | January 18, 2008 6:44 AM | 0 CommentsStockton, CA

  Finally the media has printed an article that purports to report an admission on the part of on of the victims in this awful tragedy. Prior to this article, all we really had were reports of accusations from talking heads that had no reliability. This latest article however, states that the decedent's father has reported that one of the Dahliwal boys admitted to him that they had been standing...

• Releases are Narrowly Construed--Health Clubs and Recreational Equipment Providers Exposed to Liability

  Michael Myers | October 04, 2007 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Gyms are notorious for making their members sign "releases". So are sports leagues and places that rent recreational equipment. But these releases don't provide immunity for all injuries. In fact, they only provide immunity for injuries incurred under a narrow set of circumstances. This point was illustrated by the Alaska Supreme Court in the case of Moore v. Hartley Motors. It held that...