Posts tagged slip

• Restaurant may not be liable for slip and fall personal injury

  Chuck Boyk | May 15, 2008 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Sometimes the liability of a slip and fall accident can be hard to pinpoint, even though the resulting personal injuries are very real. Toledo, Ohio, personal injury attorney Dale Emch discusses...

• Responsibility of Property Owners to Protect from Slip and Fall Accidents in Snowy Weather

  Alison De Villiers | February 27, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Ohio law says that an owner or occupier of a premises has no duty to remove natural accumulations of ice and snow from private walks and steps on the premises to protect from slip and fall accidents. It is thought that these natural accumulations are so "open and obvious" that those on the premises will discover dangers and protect themselves. Therefore, if a landlord or property owner fails...

• Kanawha Woman Suing Grocery Store for Slip and Fall

  Chrissie Cole | January 25, 2008 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A woman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against a local grocery store after a slip and fall accident while shopping in the store.The lawsuit was filed on December 28th in Kanawha Circuit Court against Oakhurst Foods, Inc., (doing business as IGA).The woman was shopping in IGA on December 30, 2005 when she slipped on a substance on the floor and fell, according to court documents. The suit...

• Worker Pulled From Collapsed Trench Lucky to Survive

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | March 22, 2007 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  An Akron area man was flown to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Wednesday after being buried to his waist in mud for more than two hours after a trench collapsed. The worker, Malcolm Ferguson, 51, of Akron, suffered broken bones in his lower leg, and possibly a large-bone break, Reminderville, Ohio fire officials said.Trench collapses can be deadly and are usually caused by a failure to...

• Don't Wait Too Long....Time Lines for Filing Suit

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | March 12, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There is a clock ticking from the date you are injured....and it only hurts the victim. In Ohio, and every state, there is a "statute of limitations" which governs the amount of time which a victim has to file a complaint against the individual/s or company which caused him or her harm. This time period typically begins when the individual is injured, for example, when the car accident...

• Worksite Falls Lead to Certain Disaster

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | January 03, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Injuryboard attorney Thomas J, Methvin recently blogged on the topic of fall hazards at residential construction sites. Without question this is one of the greatest safety concerns present on a jobsite and one of the leading causes of death or disabling injury in the workplace. In 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 1,224 construction workers died on the job, with 36...

• One Attorney's New Years Resolution - Not to Quit Fighting For My Clients' Rights

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | January 02, 2007 1:30 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Another year has come and gone; however in the State of Ohio, 2006 has been one to remember or more appropriately, for those of us that fight for consumer rights and the rights of small business, a year we would like to forget, In a flurry of last minute legislation passed by the outgoing Ohio Legislature, we have seen bills passed to undermine the rights of consumers in favor of the paint...

• Captive wild cat attacks child

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | December 08, 2006 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A four year old girl was bitten by a captive cougar in Florida. A wild animal business was hired to provide entertainment for a child's birthday party. The animal handler brought the caged cougar outside of its cage to show the animal to the youngsters when it became startled. The animal then attacked the young girl, biting her face. The animal attack resulted in serious cuts to her eyelid,...

• Pit Bull attacks 2-year-old

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | December 05, 2006 12:00 AM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  It's the type of story you hate to see. A 2-year-old girl was bitten in the face by a pit bull in Washington County, Ohio. Marilyn Gardner had taken her daughter to play over at a neighbor's house. The nine-month old dog suddenly attacked her. The toddler required 57 stiches to repair the damage to her face from the dog bite. Unfortunately, these types of attacks are all to common when pit...

• Dog Bites and Attacks on the Rise in America

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | November 02, 2006 11:20 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Fellow Injuryboard Blogger, Stephen Wagner has posted some alarming statistics as published by the Center For Disease Control concerning the number of Dog Bites that occur each year in this country. [N]early 2% of the U.S. population is bitten by a dog each year [....which] translates to nearly 5 million dog bite victims per year, most of whom are children. If you own a dog, it makes good...