Posts tagged premises liability

• 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...

• To Fall Or Not To Fall, That is the question

  Laura Mackie | November 12, 2006 10:11 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Each year, more than 1.6 million seniors are treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for fall-related injuries caused by incidents such as slipping on a wet bathroom floor, loss of balance on stairs, or tripping on a throw rug. According to the U.S National Institute on Aging, falls are the leading cause of fractures, hospital admissions for trauma, loss of independence, and injury-related...

• Landlord Made Accountable for Tenant Trip and Fall

  Claude Wyle | November 06, 2006 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Congratulations to my partner, George Choulos, for another great result on a trip and fall case. $500,000! This trip and fall case, filed in San Francisco, California, is particularly notable since Choulos' client "tripped and fell" over a raised threshold and into an untempered glass shower door in his own apartment, on his way to the bathroom. Broken shards of glass pierced the man's body...

• Family of Trench Victim calls for stronger Laws

  Ed Smith | October 16, 2006 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Why employers who kill by willfully violating OSHA standards shouldn't receive more serious punishment should be an issue that every candidate has to address during this political season. Unfortunately, families of those killed seem to be the only ones asking the questions. Although much is known about Trench accidents , companies in the pursuit of fast profits often leave their workers totally...