Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

• Mailing A Fruitcake Has Its Risks

  Bob Carroll | October 14, 2006 6:47 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Post office wins fruitcake suit was the headline that caught my eye.When I came across this story carried by the Associated Press I thought it was a variation on the tort reform effort to label many lawsuits as frivolous. It turns out the lawsuit, although lost by the plaintiff, was a trip and fall claim based upon an alleged defect in the Post Office and the conduct of a postal clerk. The...

• Chlorine Leak At Hotel Underscores Duty Of Management To Guests

  Bob Carroll | September 16, 2006 4:24 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  "I'm not a chemical engineer, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night."One Holiday Inn Express wishes it had hosted a chemical engineer on April 9,2004.Jury awards $650,000 in chlorine leak case A Mason County jury, in a 21-page verdict, on Thursday awarded nearly $650,000 total to five plaintiffs who said they suffered physical and mental damages after a chlorine leak at the...

• Knowledge Of Defect On Premises Does Not Bar Claim

  Bob Carroll | September 24, 2005 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  If the visitor knows there is no handrail and still falls down the stairs and is injured can he bring a claim for compensation?The answer, according to the very recent appellate decision of MILLER v. SLABAUGH, 2D04-3799 (Fla.App. 2 Dist. 2005, is yes. The reason lies in the twofold duty that a landowner owes to a visitor. The result of this decison is the right of an injured person to present...

• Cruise Line Reports Over 700 Passengers Sick

  Bob Carroll | November 17, 2006 5:08 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Over 25% of the passengers sailing from Rome to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on the trans-Atlantic Carnival line appear to have been infected by norovirus. This is not how anyone would want to end their Roman holiday. More than 700 fall sick on cruise shipFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - More than 700 passengers and crew members aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms, cruise...

• Your Swimming Pool - Make It A Safe Place

  Bob Carroll | May 23, 2006 4:53 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  BrainInjury Blogs has just posted a very timely reminder about the importance of pool safety. Every summer there are Tampa Bay news reports of drownings and serious brain injuries as a result of swimming pool incidents. Most of the victims are children. The full article is well worth a read.Swimming Pool SafetyWith the approach of the memorial day weekend, it's important to focus on swimming...

• School That Stradles Busy Highway May Not Be Such A Hot Idea

  Bob Carroll | February 10, 2006 4:21 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Can a school be legally liable if one of its students is struck by a vehicle while crossing a public highway between a dormitory and a building housing the cafeteria, mail center, and bus stop? According to a new appellate court decision in Florida:The school's decision to place its dormitory buildings on either side of a busy urban highway, requiring its students on one side to cross the...

• Mexico City Bull Has Message For American Sports Spectators And Stadiums

  Bob Carroll | January 31, 2006 7:17 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A wayward bull reminds us that there is a danger at times just being a spectator at an event. The bull leaped over two barriers in a Mexico City bull ring and injured two very surprised observers. In the U.S. we have the flying puck, the foul ball, the careening race car or its tire, the sliced golf ball, the collapsed bleacher section, the broken railing, the drunken fan, the angry basketball...