Crist Signs Slip and Fall Legislation
Posted on Monday, April 26th, 2010
Gov. Charlie Crist quietly signed into law Wednesday a major priority of retailers that was opposed by trial lawyers, shifting the burden of proof in negligence cases, in so-called slip-and-fall scenarios.
Since a 2002 court ruling [...]
Woman Settles Slip and Fall Injury Claim after Verdict Was Overturned
Posted on Monday, March 8th, 2010
A Wharton woman, who had been awarded nearly $900,000 by a jury after falling in a ShopRite only to have that verdict overturned on appeal and sent back for a new trial, has settled her [...]
continue readingCops ID Port Washington Fatal Slip and Fall Victim
Posted on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Nassau police have identified the 57-year-old woman who was found dead in a Port Washington canal on Saturday afternoon.
Jeanne Wilde slipped off of an icy landing to her houseboat docked off of Matinecock Avenue and [...]
Court Overturns $500K Slip-and-Fall Verdict
Posted on Thursday, October 1st, 2009
A jury incorrectly awarded a woman $500,000 settlement for a slip and fall that she blamed on an evacuation from the World Trade Center in 1993, a New York appeals court ruled Court House News [...]
continue readingSlip and Fall Injuries
Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
A slip and fall injury is the term for an injury which occurs when someone slips, trips or falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else’s property or on a [...]
continue readingWoman Sues Brookfield Zoo for Slip and Fall Injuries
Posted on Thursday, August 20th, 2009
A woman has sued the Brookfield Zoo in a slip and fall case that she claims started with the dolphins.
In the complaint, Allecyn Edwards states that the zoo “recklessly and willfully trained and encouraged the [...]
West Virginia Slip and Fall Injury Claim
Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Cornetta Brisco of West Virginia has filed a slip and fall lawsuit July 14 against K-Mart Corp. in Kanawha Circuit Court.
According to the complaint, Brisco was shopping at the K-mart in the Patrick Street Plaza [...]
Slip & Fall Injuries
Posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009
Slip and fall injuries become more likely as we get older and are a very serious matter.
Quick facts about slip and fall injuries:
The risk of falling increases with age and is greater for women than [...]
continue readingSlip and Fall Cases in Parking Garages
Posted on Friday, January 9th, 2009
Slip and fall cases – particularly slip and fall cases in parking garages – find plaintiffs caught between the wolves and the sea. The bigger the slippery surface, the more forceful the defense argument that [...]
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