Category Archives: Premises Liability
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Family Sues Restaurant After Woman Dies From Allergic Reaction to Food Ingredients
Avoiding allergens in food is more difficult than it looks; you probably do not know just how difficult it is unless you or a close family member is allergic to a common food ingredient. You read the labels of all the food you buy at the supermarket, and you carefully study menu items, looking… Read More »
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Woman Sues After Suffering Serious Injuries Due to Waterslide Accident
What is the worst thing that could happen on a waterslide? You could fall or the structure could collapse, but these are catastrophic “never events” that are easily preventable as long as someone with even a freshman level knowledge of engineering reviewed the blueprints before the waterslide was built or inspected it afterward. The… Read More »
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What Kinds of Injuries Do Slip and Fall Accidents Cause?
Unless you have been injured in an accidental fall at a place of business, you might not realize the seriousness of the injuries that can result from such an accident. It was probably the first time that you have tripped and fallen in decades. When you were a young child, accidental falls were a… Read More »
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Photographs As Evidence in Personal Injury Cases
Photographs used to have a lot more authority and more gravitas than they do today. Look at old pictures of your grandparents from when they were young; chances are, they are smiling. In the 19th century, sitting for a daguerreotype took hours; it was not so different from sitting for a painted portrait, and… Read More »
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Slip and Fall Lawsuits Are Not Always a Slam Dunk for the Plaintiff
Places of business that are open to the public have a legal responsibility to keep the areas where customers go safe from preventable hazards that could cause accidental injury. This is the basis of premises liability law. One of the most common scenarios from which premises liability cases arise are accidents where a customer… Read More »
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Slip and Fall Accidents in Hospitals
The places where people have the greatest risk of getting injured in accidental falls are not where you might think. We have all seen the cartoons where someone gets injured after slipping on a banana peel and falling down on a litter-strewn sidewalk. Many of the slip and fall lawsuit cases that make the… Read More »
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Trampoline Park Accidents
From the perspective of children, trampoline parks are endless fun, but it is obvious to any adult that walks into a trampoline park that so many things can go wrong. Sure, the trampolines are divided into sections, but it is easy enough for a teenager to get so caught up in perfecting his back… Read More »
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You Need A Florida Personal Injury Lawyer If You Get Injured At A Florida Theme Park
On any given day, some of the vehicles on I-10 and I-95 in northern Florida are en route to or from Florida’s theme parks. The Disney theme parks, Universal Studios Florida, and the other theme parks that have sprung up throughout Central Florida to round out families’ weeklong theme park vacations remain a popular… Read More »
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Algae And Personal Injury Lawsuits
For something so close to the bottom of the food chain, algae can cause a lot of polarizing opinions. Some people consider algae the next big superfood; it is a popular ingredient in vegan dietary supplements. Did you know that seaweed, including the edible kinds, is algae instead of a plant? If you ever… Read More »
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How Difficult Is It To Win A Premises Liability Case?
“Summary judgment” is a case that no plaintiff wants to hear in a personal injury case. It means that the court has determined that you don’t have a chance of winning your case, before it has even heard all the evidence from both sides, so it rules in favor of the defendant, and you… Read More »