North Carolina updates in category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

BANISHED SHOPPER AND CAN SUE MALL

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Prominent tort reform advocate cashes in to the very civil justice system he condemns. Judge Robert Bork sues the Yale Club for failing to provide hand rails. Asks for a million dollars in compensatory damages and for punitive damages.

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A personal injury suit has been filed by a man who claims he fell off a doctor’s exam table.

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According to a review of reports by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, between the years of 1991 and 2005, the rate of personal injuries among senior citizens related to escalators has doubled. However, the majority are not serious injuries.During that time period, approximately 40,000 elderly people have experienced a personal injury, usually the result of a slip or a fall. In spite...

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The Charlotte Observer is reporting a 6-year-old North Carolina boy was seriously injured on Wednesday after a Rottweiler bit him while his family visited a neighbor's house. The boy is recovering after hours of surgery at Northeast Medical Center in Concord, North Carolina.Under North Carolina law the owner of a dog and possibly the owner of the property, where a dog is being boarded, can be...

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A dog attacked a 9-year-old girl in East Baltimore on Tuesday. The victim is in the hospital where she is being treated for dog bites to her hands, arms, and shoulders. Her condition is unknown. The attack was by a pit-bull type dog. The girl was attacked in the 800 block of Bonaparte Ave. shortly after 6 p.m. The dog wore no collar or tags that would identify it or its owner, Anderson said....

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