Posts tagged premises liability

• Tenant dies from carbon monoxide poisoning

  Barry Doyle | February 21, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Police were recently called to a Kentucky apartment building deal with a carbon monoxide leak. A faulty furnace was apparently responsible for leaking the gas. Other tenants had complained of fumes in the building earlier that week.The carbon monoxide was the apparent cause of death for one tenant who was overcome by the fumes.When injuries occur in an apartment building, it is very important...

• Escalators in Dallas airport produce frequent injuries

  Barry Doyle | February 15, 2007 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A recent story by a Dallas TV station highlighted some of the dangers arising from inadequate maintenance of escalators. The story reported that there had been 825 injuries reported on escalators at that airport during the five years before the story ran.The victims were hurt in various ways, including a mangled hand, a severed knee tendon, back injuries, and other injuries.Escalator...

• Man injured when elevator car falls

  Barry Doyle | February 09, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The owner of a Battle Creek hardware store was injured when the freight elevator he was riding in plunged 40 feet and crashed into the bottom of the elevator shaft. The collapse was caused by a chain snapping.The victim suffered fractured heels, a fractured leg, and several fractured vertebrae in his back.Elevators are somewhat unusual because the operator of an elevator is considered a common...

• Man killed in apartment fire

  Barry Doyle | February 01, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A fire in a Humboldt Park apartment has left one resident dead. The Bomb & Arson squad was investigating the cause and origin of the fire, but initial reports indicated that the fire was accidental.The fire was reported at 4:50 a.m., but the man was not pronounced dead until after 9:00 p.m. that day. Burns and smoke inhalation are the likely causes of death.The Illinois Smoke Detector Act...

• Firings follow CTA derailment

  Barry Doyle | January 28, 2007 7:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The CTA has moved to fire five employees it found to be responsible for the July Blue Line derailment. The fired workers were responsible for inspecting the tracks but failed to notice the deteriorated condition of the track plates. The deterioration of the track plates led to the derailment.More than 100 people have filed suit against the CTA for the derailment. Many people suffered smoke...

• Child's thumb mangled in escalator

  Barry Doyle | January 16, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  There was a Christmas-time accident on an escalator at the Macy's store in New York City. The child and his parents were going down an escalator when another passenger fell, knocking the boy over and causing him to get his thumb stuck in the escalator. He now faces the possibility of having his thumb amputated.It was the second accident in recent months at the store. In October, a girl...

• Carbon monoxide poisons motel guest

  Barry Doyle | January 13, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A guest at an Arkansas motel was found dead in her room. An investigation into the cause of her death showed that she died due to carbon monoxide entering into her room due to a leak in a pipe which was a part of a natural gas heater.Besides the one fatality, two other guests were hospitalized for treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning.Motels are responisble for maintaining their premises in...

• Man paralyzed in fall into manhole

  Barry Doyle | January 08, 2007 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A Florida man was seriously injured when he fell into an open manhole on a city street. The manhole cover is very heavy and requires a special tool to remove it. He was not rescued until a passer-by noticed the open hole several hours later.As a result of the fall, he lost consciousness. When he awoke, he found that he could not feel his legs. He is now paralyzed from the waist down. ...

• Man Suing Jail over Slip & Fall

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 8:36 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  An inmate at South Central Regional Jail in Charleston is blaming the jail for his slip and fall down a flight of stairs. Nalone Stallings is suing the Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, having filed his complaint November 27th in Kanawha Circuit Court that alleges his injuries is the authority's fault. Stallings, of Charleston, says he "sustained bodily injuries as a result of a slip and...