Posts tagged liability

• Medical Payments in Personal Injury Cases

  Ed Van Dorn | March 12, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  I just got a call from my partner who is on trial over in the federal district court. The lawyers for the insurance company are making all kinds of noise about medicaid paying the medical bills and they shouldn't have to, etc. He asked me to write up some closing comments he might share with the jury on this issue. And I thought I might share some of those comments with you. If you are covered...

• Woman Suing Lot Owner for Slip-and-Fall

  Christina Cole | February 01, 2007 3:32 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A woman has filed suit against owners of a parking lot where she slipped and fell on a pile of ice and snow. On January 18, Connie Taylor, filed a lawsuit against Jim Smith and O.V. Smith and Sons. According to the suit, Taylor slipped and fell on the ice in the parking lot owned by O.V. Smith and Sons.The lawsuit states Taylor sustained injuries of a sacrum/coccygeal fracture, right wrist...

• Court Limits Slip-and-Fall Cases

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 3:04 AM | 0 CommentsNew Hampshire, NH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A business cannot be sued in a slip-and-fall case unless the injured patron is able to prove that the store employees were aware or should have known about the condition, ruled the Arizona Court of Appeals.The judges threw out a claim by David Contreras Sr., an employee of a liquor distributing company.In 2005, Contreras sued after he said he slimed on a slimy blue substance while on delivery to...