Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Check Your Homeowner's Insurance Policy Before Getting That Trampoline

  Sandy Grinnell | June 15, 2009 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  It looks like a lot of fun when you see kids bouncing around on a trampoline. But did you know they could be a huge liability? According to the website Insurance4USA, many insurance companies have...

• Should Businesses Have A Get Out Of Jail Free Card For Child Injuries?

  Ed Normand | March 19, 2009 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  For many years businesses have required parents to sign forms before a child can participate in an activity. Usually the form-called a pre-injury release--is filled with legalese and the parents...

• Fall Injuires at Shopping Areas and Theme Parks

  Ed Normand | January 06, 2009 2:49 PM | 2 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Recently we have seen tourists and other shoppers falling and getting hurt because outlet malls and even theme parks are not complying with the law by properly maintaining their public stores and...

• Bork Settles Lawsuit

  Diego Madrigal | May 19, 2008 7:27 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Former Supreme Court Nominee Robert Bork has settled a million dollar lawsuit he had filed when he fell from a platform while giving a speech. This is noteworthy because Bork is a very conservative...

• Theme Park Manager Blames Employees for Ride Injury at Six Flags

  Damaso Damaso | April 14, 2008 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A recent article on AOL News reported that a theme park ride injury last summer at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom may have been the result of workers not following the manufacturers instructions. The...

• Crane Falls, Crashes Through Roof of Construction Office

  Sandy Grinnell | March 27, 2008 4:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A construction crane fell 30 floors and crashed through the roof of a house being used as the construction office of a highrise condo in Miami, killing two men. One was a 59 year-old insurance company inspector; the other was an employee of the construction company who was only 29. Four other employees were hospitalized.The height of the crane was being raised so that it could extend further...

• Legionnaires Disease Contracted by Orlando Tourists

  Ed Normand | March 14, 2008 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Orange County, Florida Health Department confirmed that two tourists were infected with the potentially deadly Legionnaires' disease. The disease is caused by a type of bacteria known as Legionella. These bacteria grow in warm water sources, including swimming pools, spas, water tanks, plumbing containers and, most famously, in building air-conditioning systems. A hotel in Orlando, near...

• Slippery Shopping

  Bruce Gibson | November 27, 2007 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  I never cease to be amazed at the number of stores that respond to spills or other dangerous conditions on their floor by simply throwing out a plastic cone and leaving it there. As if this is where their responsibility ends. How often have you asked someone to please clean up 'aisle 5' , only to be met with a blank stare....who me? Recently, it took me three attempts to get an employee to...

• Be Careful Where You Let Your Crocs Wander

  Patricia Doherty | September 25, 2007 5:43 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Do you or your children wear the comfortable Crocs? If so, be aware there are more and more reports of people, and especially children, getting thier Crocs or similar shoeware , caught in escalators or similar moving walkways. The Associated Press reports that the flexibility and grip that makes Crocs so popular is what puts the wearer at risk for entrapment to occur. Some of the injuries...

• Clergy Abuse Strikes Again In Central Florida

  Ed Normand | July 11, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Sadly another lawsuit has been filed here in Central Florida related to another case of alleged clergy molestation or abuseThe mother of a Lake County boy who was sexually abused by his pastor has sued the clergyman, two area churches and two Baptist groups, maintaining they should have protected her son.The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory damages for the boy's continuing psychotherapy...