Posts tagged premises liability

• Children's Safety for Halloween-Protect From Hidden Dangers

  Claude Wyle | October 26, 2007 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The CPSC has issued several Safety Tips to Help Prevent Hidden Halloween Dangers, encouraging parents to integrate "Safety into Celebration". When it comes to children's safety, there is no trick. Hidden dangers associated with dangerous or defective costumes, unclean treats, and hazardous decorations can be easily prevented. Accidents and personal injuries to children happen each year, however,...

• Slip and Fall in Parking Lot Results in Award of $390,000

  David Rowell | October 18, 2007 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Robert Yusem slipped on ice in a parking lot in a Pennsylvania industrial park in 2000, and suffered serious injuries, including fractures of his elbow, arm and ankle. It's taken seven years, but a jury recently awarded Yusems and his wife $390,000 in damages based on a claim of premises liabilty. In his "slip and fall" lawsuit, Yusems argued that the defendant parking-lot owner carelessly...

• Traumatic Brain Injuries From Car And Motorcycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | September 05, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Astoundingly, 1.5-2 million people a year sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) from motor vehicle accidents such as automobile accidents and motorcycle accidents, as well as bicycle accidents and pedestrian accidents and falls, sport injuries, and other traumatic events. 500,000 of these TBIs are severe enough to require hospitalization, and 50,000 people die from complications of head...

• Woman Sues over Slip and Fall at Wendy's

  David Rowell | August 24, 2007 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Delores Walker, of Chicago, filed a lawsuit against a Wendy's Restaurant in Chicago recently, seeking in excess of $50,000.00 in damages resulting from a slip-and-fall incident. Walker claims that Wendy's failed to inspect and maintain the restaurant, among other things, causeing her to fall and suffer permanent injuries.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on...

• Proposed Legislations Will Reduce Child Drowning Deaths

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The mother of the 4-year-old boy who recently drowned in a Great America pool blames lifeguards for not spotting her son until it was too late to save him, but was not in the pool herself at the time of the drowning. Great America now requires all children less than 4 feet tall wear life jackets while in its pools. Will this new rule save lives? Or will it only provide a false sense of...

• Proposed Bill Will Prevent Child Drowning Deaths

  Claude Wyle | July 23, 2007 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  After the recent drowning of a 4-year-old boy, Great America is now requiring all children under 4 feet tall wear life vests in its pools. The mother of the boy was not in the pool at the time of the drowning and blames lifeguards for not spotting her son until it was too late. Will the new requirement save lives, or will it simply provide a false sense of security? Perhaps a better rule...

• Slip and Fall Lawsuit Filed Against Bronx Theater

  Shannon Weidemann | July 18, 2007 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsFresno, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A Theater in the Bronx and a Synagogue have had a slip and fall lawsuit filed against them by a man that broke his leg while attending a dinner event. A temporary stage and staircase was built over the theater seats for the dinner. The man fell down the staircase.Attorney Al Bernstone, who is representing the Karans in a lawsuit seeking an as-yet undetermined amount in damages, charged that...

• What was she thinking?

  Laura Mackie | January 29, 2007 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Recent headlines in the Modesto Bee brought to mind that eternal question "What was this person thinking?" It's a fair question (considering the circumstances), and in actual fact, an experienced litigator should probably ask themselves this question on a fairly regular basis. The incident currently under consideration is a perfect example of tragic results in a situation where poor judgment...

• What You Can Do To Prevent Slip And Falls

  Claude Wyle | December 10, 2006 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Slip and fall and trip and fall accidents and injuries have reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., particularly for persons over 65 years of age. Fortunately, there are several ways to help prevent slip and fall and trip and fall accidents, which are listed herein below. If you are injured due to another's negligence or because of a dangerous or defective condition on someone's property, you...

• An ounce of Prevention......

  Laura Mackie | November 29, 2006 7:41 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Slip and fall accidents are difficult cases to litigate, especially when your client is an older adult. More often than not the injuries sustained during an unintentional fall, if not immediately fatal, can cause functional impairments that may require admission to a nursing home for a year or even longer. The physical and emotional toll this inevitably takes on the client and their family is...