Posts tagged premises liability

• Big Thunder Railroad Death Brings Big Admission From Disney

  Bob Carroll | December 04, 2005 4:52 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Big is a word that describes much of Disneyland and Disney World. In a big departure from normal business practice Disney has admitted that poor maintenance of the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride caused the death of its guest, a 22 year-old man. According to an article posted on SignOnSanDiego.com Disney has agreed to settle the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of the deceased...

• Woman Files Lawsuit After Slip and Fall at Florida Sanctuary

  Chrissie Cole | June 15, 2008 7:33 AM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A Florida woman is suing the owner of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, in Naples, after an alleged slip and fall accident when she slipped on mud or bird poop that was on the ground during her visit. The...

• Cardiac Death At Gym Without Defibrillator

  Bob Carroll | April 01, 2006 6:33 AM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  As a result of some recent litigation our health clubs, gyms and other exercise facilities may be safer. Among the treadmills and weights there may be a defibrillator. Why a defibrillator? Because it can save a life. Because gyms now know it should be part of their safety equipment and service.Overlawyered feels gyms do not need defibrillators:Gym didn't have defibrillator...so a Florida...

• Property Owners, Tenants and Premises Liability Law in Florida

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | February 15, 2012 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Premises liability law is one of the most complicated laws, and negligence and liability can vary based on the circumstances. Essentially, property owners are responsible for making sure their...

• Man Suing Wal-Mart After Slip and Fall in Restroom

  Chrissie Cole | August 26, 2007 12:36 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A man who alleges he suffered injuries after a slip and fall accident in a Granite City Wal-Mart restroom, has filed a lawsuit in excess of $50,000 in damages.The lawsuit, filed August 20, in Madison County Circuit Court, alleges that on April 17, Wal-Mart allowed water to accumulate on the men's restroom floor causing him to slip-and-fall in the area he had to use.According to the complaint,...

• Mother And Child Drown in Jacksonville Pool

  Eddie Farah | July 09, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There are many questions surrounding the drowning death of a young mother and her baby in an Arlington community pool on Wednesday. Tiffany Sue Cecconi, 18, and her 18-month-old daughter, Kaylani,...

• Legionnaires Disease Contracted by Orlando Tourists

  Ed Normand | March 14, 2008 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Orange County, Florida Health Department confirmed that two tourists were infected with the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease. The disease is caused by a type of bacteria known as Legionella. These bacteria grow in warm water sources, including swimming pools, spas, water tanks, plumbing containers and, most famously, in building air-conditioning systems. A hotel in Orlando, near...

• Rosen & Rosen Obtains $682,000 Verdict Against Bloomingdale's

  Evan Rosen | November 29, 2007 9:04 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Following a four day Jury trial, Ronald Rosen, Evan Rosen and Helen Farber, while representing their client received a jury verdict in excess of $682,733 on a trip and fall case. Our client, an employee of Finlay Fine Jewelers, which leases counter space from the Bloomingdales in the Boca Town Center Mall, fell over a cart in the department store's storage room when the motion-sensor lights...

• Teen Killed in Tiger Attack at Zoo

  Shannon Weidemann | December 26, 2007 11:31 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A 17-year-old boy was attacked and killed by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day. Somehow the 350-pound Siberian Tiger was able to escape from it's enclosure. The tiger attack happened shortly after the zoo closed. Although some zoo officials speculate the threesome may have teased the tiger, San Francisco police Lt. Leroy Lindo said police currently have no reason to believe...

• Surveillance Camera Captures 'Slip-N-Fall' Scam

  Chrissie Cole | August 02, 2007 1:20 AM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A Florida woman is being accused of running a "slip and fall" scam at a grocery store in Sunrise.Surveillance cameras captured images of the woman losing her footing in one of the aisles and taking a nasty fall. A store worker comes to help her up, when she loses her footing again, falling to the floor.After viewing the surveillance footage the store manager noticed there was something strange...