Premises Liability

The snowplow contractor piled the snow in a mall parking lot, and periodically the ice would melt and drain across a walkway, then freeze. The client slipped and fractured her leg; then a Good Samaritan also slipped, hitting her head and suffering a closed head injury. The store owner and the plowing contractor were both liable.

Usually a worker cannot sue if she is injured on workplace premises. In this case, we proved a contractor wrongly designed a new area of the factory. A worker fell through a floor grate and drowned in a vat.

An 80 year old man entering a grocery store was pinned by a malfunctioning electric door, which broke his leg. We obtained maintenance records and witness statements about past problems with the door.

The client suffered a low back injury when a bale of insulation fell off the shelf, striking him. He was not disabled from work, but tests confirmed “soft-tissue” injury.

A “big box” department store rented the client a truck to move gardening goods. When the client unloaded the truck, one of the side panels collapsed, causing him to fall. He had a badly broken wrist.

A woman fell and suffered serious knee injury at a local business, after tripping on a septic tank handle in the walkway. We proved the problem had been known.