Posts tagged slip

• Make Sure They Keep the Lights on For You

  Mike Damaso | May 14, 2012 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  We have all heard the Tom Bodett, Motel 6 jingle. We'll leave the light on for you. But, a hotel in the dark about a dangerous breakdown in their safety protocol definitely needed...

• 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...

• Why Did A 7-Year-Old Fall Through A Skylight?

  Eddie Farah | January 06, 2010 10:23 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  It was an unbelievable fall at a Jacksonville Beach strip mall. A 7-year-old boy plunged through a skylight on the roof, falling 14-feet to the ground. A witness said she heard the child cry. The...

• Fall Injuires at Shopping Areas and Theme Parks

  Ed Normand | January 06, 2009 2:49 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Recently we have seen tourists and other shoppers falling and getting hurt because outlet malls and even theme parks are not complying with the law by properly maintaining their public stores and...

• 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...

• Crane Falls, Crashes Through Roof of Construction Office

  Sandy Grinnell | March 27, 2008 4:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A construction crane fell 30 floors and crashed through the roof of a house being used as the construction office of a highrise condo in Miami, killing two men. One was a 59 year-old insurance company inspector; the other was an employee of the construction company who was only 29. Four other employees were hospitalized.The height of the crane was being raised so that it could extend further...

• Long Term Pain In Personal Injury Cases

  Joseph Bernardo | March 18, 2008 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Trauma patients in America's hospitals are not necessarily "all better" just because they are released from the hospital. A large number of those hurt in accidents and falls and are treated at hospitals are not pain free upon their release.62.7% of patients in hospital admissions from trauma had pain 12 months llater. The pain was characterized as moderately severe. More than half of these...

• 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...

• Slippery Shopping

  Bruce Gibson | November 27, 2007 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  I never cease to be amazed at the number of stores that respond to spills or other dangerous conditions on their floor by simply throwing out a plastic cone and leaving it there. As if this is where their responsibility ends. How often have you asked someone to please clean up 'aisle 5' , only to be met with a blank stare....who me? Recently, it took me three attempts to get an employee to...