Darleen Cook, a resident in Swedesboro, N.J., filed a suit at the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s District Court last April versus a Home Depot in Clifton Heights, Delco. , based in Atlanta due to injuries she sustained on Sept. 8, 2012, at this home store....
Icy path that collected near a city post office mailbox caused a man from Philadelphia to be severely injured. The injured man identified as Glen Guy filed a personal injury claim at the U.S. District Court at Pa.s’ Eastern District versus the U.S. Postal Service...
An individual maybe injured anywhere and anytime when least expected. A 62-years-old woman from Fulton County woman was in the victim of a trip-and-fall incident at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. It happened way back March of 2010 while she was...
Snow and ice are anticipated during the winter months and accompanied by an increased risk of falling due to the weather conditions. In Pennsylvania, a property or business owner may not be accountable for slip due to a natural accumulation of snow and ice that is...
Winning a high amount of settlement for a slip and fall case is no easy task but a Philadelphia plaintiff who was injured in a slip and fall accident has successfully negotiated for a settlement of $520,000. Tanya Davis filed a claim against 1900 Chestnut Street...
It is a fact that nowadays, churches and synagogues in the city are facing shoestring lawsuits of personal injury filed by dollar-hungry claimaints that consider this legal procedure a kind of ATM machine. A woman sued a church after she slipped at the 10th Church of...
The appeal made by a man from Luzerne County was denied by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania after he argued that the Common Pleas Luzerne County Court resulted to the improper jury instructions of a verdict pronounced against him in the injury lawsuit. Last November...
An injury sustained by husband after tripping on a ramp led a Philadelphia County couple to sue METRO PCS. Plaintiffs Tonovila Hicks and Wilele Hicks filed a lawsuit last Feb. 11 in the District County Court of Philadelphia versus the following: (1) Bruce Zeiger, (2)...
Summer is almost here. It's the season for attending parties, going on road trips, frolicking at the beach and pigging out on barbecue. However, summer is also the season of hot weather, heat waves and dehydration which could increase the chances of a slip and fall...
WINFIELD – The CAMC Teays Valley Hospital, Inc. is the core of a lawsuit filed by a Kanawha County woman for alleged injuries done to a family member while being a patient in the hospital. According to a complaint filed on January 11, 20122 at the Putnam Circuit...
Sandy was gone so Albert McSwain and his daughter wanted to get some air and view what’s outside. But after and daughter encountered a pitch-black stairwell slick with water, so McSwain’s daughter, Allison McSwain-Lockett, went back to get better navigate their way...
A $10 million award to a truck driver who said she slipped and fell on ice and grease while making a delivery to a Wal-Mart in Greeley was upheld by the Colorado Supreme Court. Wal-mart had appealed the award for 41-year-old Holly Averyt of Cheyenne that was awarded...
Yuletide season is obviously the best time to give parties. To share jolly time with friends, you are going to hold a party. As a party host, your desire is to hold a successful celebration with all good cheers that come with the occasion. However, on the way to your...
Whether you are at home or involved in construction, you only need to look around for the potential of slipping, tripping and falling. It seems that slips and falls are facts of life and nothing can be done about them. While it is true that slips, trips and falls...
According to the studies made on walking, the average person performs approximately 18,000 steps every day. While there are nearly 13 million slip, trip and fall injuries that happens every year. Deplorable results are: lost workdays, broken bones, bad backs, even...
Lumberton Wal-Mart is being filed a lawsuit by a Hardin County woman who claimed that cshe suffered severe injuries when she slipped in liquid and fell while shopping in the mart. The claimant was identified as Shelly Rayne. She filed a suit against Wal-Mart Stores...
Canadian researchers are warning all home care staff that they must be more aware of the risk of older patients who are subject to tripping and falling. They said that the most common cause is getting their feet caught on table legs or chairs. The first part of this...
Aside from wet or damp floors, there are other causes of slip, trip and fall accidents within working facility. The presence of clutter, footwear and even improper cleaning are also hazards for both employees and occupants of the building. In fact, according to...
There are many instances of slips and falls that occur daily in our environment. If the accident is not our fault, then it is our legal right to seek compensation from the person who caused our injuries. As all property owners, whether public or private, must by law ensure their properties are free of trip hazards, then it is even more important that we ensure our rights by claiming compensation when a property owner is negligent.
Every year, there are approximately 822 fatalities, along with numerous severe injuries (Source: OSHA). Often, it is not the victim’s fault, as many of these fatalities and injuries do not occur in one’s own backyard but take place on property belonging to someone else. A victim may encounter obstacles that are both a hazard and present a danger. When an accident victim slips and falls on someone else’s property and it is not their fault then they might be entitled to compensation from the property owner.
Many people are extremely embarrassed when they slip and fall. This embarrassment often compels a person to leave the scene of an accident. If you have fallen and