February 26, 2015

Woman claims she fell due to gas station’s dangerous property A sudden fall in Pennsylvania can dramatically impact a person’s life, leading to injuries that can require a large amount of time and money to address. One person in another state recently fell on what she calls dangerous property at a gas station. The woman is now suing the local…

February 25, 2015

What are slip & fall accidents? At Goodrich and Geist, we often receive inquiries asking us to explain the laws behind slip & fall accidents. With winter knocking on our door, days shortening, and patches of ice already covering parts of some roads and sidewalks, we have decided to give our readers a brief overview of what we mean when…

February 19, 2015

Couple alleges that dangerous property led to woman’s injuries A slip-and-fall accident can lead to unexpected injuries that can result in the loss of wages and other financial challenges. In one such case, a Pennsylvania couple is suing a newspaper’s owners, as well as a cultural center, after the woman suffered a number of injuries in a slip-and-fall accident on…

January 27, 2015

Dangerous property in winter weather may lead to injuries Going outside in Pennsylvania can be hazardous during winter weather, with icy sidewalks and other areas of private property potentially posing a slip-and-fall hazard. If a person ends up falling on dangerous property, an accident resulting in serious injuries could prevent the victim from working or otherwise functioning normally for a…

January 15, 2015

Woman sues after fall from mobile medical trailer A New Jersey woman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the company that owns the mobile medical trailer that allegedly caused her to fall and suffer injuries to her back and left shoulder in March 2014. The woman is seeking more than $150,000 in both punitive and compensatory damages from Medicoach…

December 30, 2014

Can I file a claim after falling in a store? Every year, thousands of people in Pennsylvania and around the country are injured while shopping in stores. Many of these injuries are the result of slip-and-fall accidents that could have been prevented by the store owners. If a slip-and-fall accident was caused by a store owner’s negligence, the injured shopper…

November 20, 2014

Determining fault in a Pennsylvania slip-and-fall case When determining who was at fault for a slip-and-fall accident, there are several questions that may be asked to come to a conclusion. First, it must be established that the property owner knew about a potential safety hazard and did nothing to fix it. Second, it must be determined that a reasonable person…

October 7, 2014

How is fault proven after a slip-and-fall accident? Deciding who was to blame for a slip-and-fall accident in Pennsylvania involves a number of considerations. When making the determination, a court will look into the reasonableness of both the property owner’s and the injured victim’s actions before the fall. If the property owner is found to be at fault for the…

August 21, 2014

Parents of injured child file suit against Lowe’s The parents of a young child are seeking compensation from a Pennsylvania hardware store for a 2012 incident that injured the boy. The Maryland couple named a Waynesboro Lowe’s Home Improvement store in a premises liability suit filed in August. They claimed that employees of the store were negligent in warning customers…

July 30, 2014

Woman sues JC Penney for unsafe property after falling A Pennsylvania woman is blaming the staff and management of a New Jersey store for a fall she took while shopping there. The woman and her husband are seeking damages from the JC Penney Corporation of Philadelphia for the accident that took place in 2011. According to the lawsuit, the woman…