Premises liability is a bit of a strange duck in the legal arena, and proving slip, trip and fall injuries is sometimes hard work. Oddly enough, premises liability deals with personal injuries. On the surface one would think it is about a landowner, and obviously the conduct of the property…
While many people view motorcycle riders as a few pennies short of a full bank, the real truth of the matter is that car/motorcycle crashes are often the fault of the car, not the biker. If you take a good look at some of the traffic accident statistics, the first…
The last thing people seem to pay any attention to is their tires, which is inexplicable since the tires are the very thing that gets them from point A to point B. Much like the old saying “No foot, no horse,” it is a fact that without proper tires the…
Of all the things in this world that you would think should be safe for your children, you would think toys would be. In most instances they are; in others, they can cause untold harm. What is this world coming to when we cannot even rely on the safety of…
Dining out can be a lot of fun. What may come later might not be. These days it seems that you have to really watch what you are eating and where you are eating. Kind of takes the fun out the experience, doesn’t it? The fact of the matter is…
Often we read stories in local papers about professional misconduct of a person in an organization or group. We shake our heads and wonder about what motivates people to do such mindless things. Often people don’t relate professional misconduct with its other term, malpractice. Professional misconduct is best shown by…
Professional malpractice is generally thought to be when a doctor makes a mistake of some sort, or a hospital doesn’t treat a patient correctly and the consequences are very serious or life threatening. Professional malpractice is more than that and actually covers dentists and lawyers. The question when dealing with…
Slip, trip and fall law is a bit of an odd duck legally speaking, as it deals with a landowner maintaining property in a safe manner. Where the difficulty comes into play in proving this type of a lawsuit is what constitutes negligence on the part of the property owner.…
Knowing what to do if faced with filing a medical malpractice lawsuit is the first step to resolving a difficult situation. Medmal is usually regarded as conduct that is immoral or improper, a mistake due to ignorance or even carelessness. The first thing you need to know is what medmal…
In many cases if a person slips and falls at the home or business of another person, the home or business owner may be responsible for any injuries. As a general rule of thumb, if someone slips and falls on badly constructed stairs or trips over a patio block and…