Blog: Premises Liability
- Slip-and-fall accident results in multi-million dollar verdict
January 30, 2012
Read MoreThe grocery store chain likely did not appreciate the severity of the case against them until possible video footage of the accident surfaced. However, rather than produce the video footage, it was apparent that the grocery chain deliberately erased the video making it impossible for the footage to be viewed by the jury and the […]
- Settlement forthcoming for escalator accident at football game
January 20, 2012
Read MoreThe New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority have settled a premises liability lawsuit involving a number of individuals injured upon an escalator during a football game at Giants’ Stadium. Eight individuals were apparently injured in the escalator accident when the escalator sped up and throwing a number of people riding upon it forward. There is […]
- Elevator maintenance company implicated in injuries
January 04, 2012
Read MoreAn elevator maintenance company in nearby New York has now been implicated in a recent injury and also a fatality. In both instances, the same company was in charge of maintaining and repairing the elevators at premises where the injuries occurred. In recent weeks, a Manhattan advertising firm employee was killed in an elevator that […]
- Tips to prevent fires and burns at our homes
December 27, 2011
Read MoreThere are a number of safety tips that should be implemented by New Jersey homeowners to prevent injuries at our place of resident. Such injuries are more prevalent during the holiday seasons in part because we have more visitors at our homes during these times. This is especially true of burn injuries which can happen […]
- New Jersey requires ice and snow removal from cars and property
December 02, 2011
Read MoreWe can expect the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety to step up enforcement of the Ice and Snow Removal Law that was enacted just last year. What the law requires is that all motorists remove accumulated snow and ice from their cars to be sure that dislodged ice does not injure other bystanders. […]
- New Jersey bill designed to prevent building collapses
November 11, 2011
Read MoreA catastrophic building collapse that occurred in Hackensack, New Jersey last year has prompted the New Jersey senate to pass legislation to locate potential problems to structures before other building cave-ins occur. The bill would require architects or engineers to evaluate the safety of existing structures. If defects are found, an evacuation of the building […]
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