Posts tagged liability

• BP Oil Spill Damage Caps: A "Too Big To Spill" Bailout?

  Brett Emison | May 18, 2010 10:30 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Did you know that BP's liability to all of the families and businesses affected by the massive gulf oil spill is capped a total of only $75 million? Is British Petroleum too big to spill? Will the...

• BP Gulf Oil Spill Liability Capped At Only $75 Million?

  Brett Emison | May 03, 2010 2:14 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Following the explosion and continuing oil leak at the British Petroleum (BP) deep water oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, reports have surfaced that, under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, BP's...

• General Motors and Chrysler Assume Liability for Pre-Bankruptcy Vehicles

  Brett Emison | September 16, 2009 12:47 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a major victory for consumers, both General Motors and Chrysler have agreed to assume liability for all vehicles in accidents or collisions that occurred after their bankruptcies. Under the...

• Liability Can Arise from Failure to Prevent Suicide

  Lindsay Rakers | April 18, 2012 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Wrongful Death
  

  When you or w loved one are placed into a mental health care facility, you trust that the medical care you receive will be presented in a professional and diligent manner. Your goal is to be...

• Ford Sales Jump 25% In January On Toyota Recall

  Brett Emison | February 02, 2010 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Wall Street Journal has reported that Ford saw its January sales jump 25% over last year after fleet sales more than doubled. Ford Motor Co. . . . posted a 25% increase for January compared...

• Six Year Old Injured From Pool Drain Dies

  Jenny Albano | March 22, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A 6-year-old whose intestines were partially sucked out from a swimming pool drain last year has died. Abigail Taylor died Thursday night in a Nebraska hospital with her parents, Scott and Katey, by her side.Abigail was injured on June 29 when she sat on a pool drain at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park and its powerful suction ripped out part of her intestinal tract. She had small...

• Avoid Slips and Falls This Winter

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2007 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Slipping on the snow and ice could give you an injury you were not expecting this winter season. It is important to avoid this type of accident. Experts say wearing the right shoes in inclement weather is the most important factor in safeguarding against a slip and fall. They say high heels are worst kind of shoes you can wear around ice because they often have absolutely no traction. However,...

• Woman Files Premises Liability Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart

  Staff Writer | August 22, 2006 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A judge ruled last week that a Wal-Mart department manager and employee cannot be held liable for negligence in the case of a woman who filed a slip and fall lawsuit after slipping on spilled birdseed in the store. Margaret Benjamin named Wal-Mart and the employees as defendants, but the judge decided the employees did not have enough control over the running of the business to be held...