Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• New Jersery Deck Collapses Injuring Seven People

  Shannon Weidemann | July 26, 2007 1:11 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Eight people were standing on the second-story deck of a rental property on Long Beach Island when it collapsed. The deck collapse happened Tuesday morning. Six people were taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries. One person was treated at the scene of the accident. The most seriously injured man has head injuries and is in serious condition. The private detective,...

• Dangerous Premises Cause Injuries

  Bob Carroll | January 09, 2006 3:09 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Today, another victim of a poorly maintained floor contacted my office to determine her legal rights. A dangerous condition was permitted to exist in an entranceway. She has been so severely injured that she has required two surgeries and still has a significant impairment. We commonly refer to claims of this nature as slip and fall cases. The more technical category is premises liability. ...

• Parking Lot Design Can Prevent Injuries And Deaths Of Pedestrians

  Bob Carroll | February 09, 2007 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  My wife thinks I am crazy because I keep pointing out to restaurants and other businesses the dangers of having pedestrians unnecessarily exposed to wayward automobiles at take-out or pick-up locations. My concern is that an entire group of diners waiting on benches in front of the spaces reserved for take-out parking will be crushed when the inevitable happens. Well, apparently, the...

• A Wet Napkin Proves The Case

  Bob Carroll | February 04, 2007 4:03 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Sometimes I marvel at the dangerous conditions and practices at certain businesses and how they continue for years without anyone pausing to say, "This is really not safe." A good example is this recent Florida Appeals Court Decision.JANE IZQUIERDO v. GYROSCOPE, INC.The appellant, Jane Izquierdo, filed a personal injury action alleging negligence by the defendant, Gyroscope, Inc., which owned...

• Fire At Hazardous Waste Storage Site Left To Burn Itself Out

  Bob Carroll | October 06, 2006 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  It may seem reasonable to collect hazardous materials or wastes in one location - until the location experiences a major fire. That is exactly what the New York Times reports is happening in North Carolina. And, 17,000 people have been moved out of harm's way. Blaze in North Carolina Prompts Huge Evacuation A fire at a chemical storage plant in Apex, N.C., a suburb of Raleigh, produced a plume...

• The Big Dig Defect Was No Secret

  Bob Carroll | July 13, 2006 7:03 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Structural building defects that suddenly take a live or lives have many fathers.My experience in cases where a death or serious injury occurs because of a structural defect parallels what is being reported in the New York Times about the Big Dig tragedy in Boston. Investigation almost always reveals advance warning and multiple responsible parties who each failed to do what was required.Wide...

• The First Hurricane Victim Of 2006 - A 13 Year Old Boy

  Bob Carroll | April 18, 2006 6:39 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The hurricane season is not yet upon us, but a hurricane of a different sort has injured a young boy at Cypress Gardens. The parents of a 13-old boy who fell from a roller coaster ride at Cypress Gardens Adventure Park are suing the amusement theme park for negligence. On Feb. 25, 2006, Martin Llamas fell off the Triple Hurricane -- a $2 million wooden roller coaster in operation since...

• Insurance Company Wants Out Of Case

  Bob Carroll | February 07, 2006 5:26 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Is insurance sometimes just a masquerade? That is the question a judge in Tampa will have to answer. The story on TBO.com could be headlined, Now You See It, Now You Don't. Colony Insurance Says Club Slaying Is Not CoveredTAMPA - The insurance company for an Ybor City nightclub where a man was fatally stabbed in June says it should not have to pay if the club loses a wrongful death lawsuit.On...

• Concert Security Guards Do Bad

  Bob Carroll | February 05, 2006 6:03 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The security personnel at concerts can get a little heavy-handed at times. When the guards at a Clear Channel event roughed up one couple they did $650,000 worth of damage - to Clear Channel's wallet. A jury was not impressed with the guards or the hiring practices of Clear Channel. Similar bad manners by concert and event guards have been reported in Tampa Bay.A jury ordered Clear Channel...

• The Drive-In Grocery Store And Other Absurdities

  Bob Carroll | November 16, 2005 6:04 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  When a shopper is able to drive her car into a grocery store and sever a man's leg, there is something wrong with the construction of the building and the protection of patrons from wayward vehicles. When the pick-up parking for a take-out window of a restaurant is located less than five feet in front of the benches for diners awaiting tables, the table is set for a disaster. Cars belong on...