December 15, 2014

Property owners’ responsibility to secure attractive nuisances Pennsylvania parents whose children suffered injuries on someone else’s property may believe that the owner should have known that children would be curious about an unsecured swimming pool or a piece of machinery in their yards or on their commercial premises. Premises liability laws sometimes regard certain dangerous structures or other items on…

December 12, 2014

Premises liability lawsuits against government employees Government employees who are acting within the scope of their employment generally enjoy something known as “sovereign immunity.” This means that they are immune to lawsuits for their actions on behalf of the government. However, Pennsylvania law allows for some important exceptions to this general rule regarding premises liability. One exception to this sovereign…

December 10, 2014

Dram shop liability Pennsylvania is one of the many states that have enacted dram shop liability laws. These laws establish bar liability, as well as liability for any business or individual that serves an intoxicated person. Businesses that sell alcohol are called licensees under state laws. One of the reasons why these laws exist is to prevent injuries and deaths…

December 8, 2014

Playground injury statistics for Pennsylvania residents Research has shown that emergency departments treat 200,000 children aged 14 and under each year who were hurt on a playground. Of those injuries, 45 percent of them involve severe fractures, concussions or internal injuries. The vast majority of injuries that did not result in death occur on playgrounds located at schools or daycare…

December 4, 2014

Honda recalling cars with defective products Honda has recalled driver side airbags throughout the United States. Takata Corporation, manufacturers of the airbags, has made several statements about the defective products since the recall about the problem. According to officials, the airbags explode with so much force that they can shoot metal shrapnel are car pieces into the passenger’s side compartment.…

November 26, 2014

Defective products kill: young man dies when car jack fails When we use machinery and devices that are put into place to keep us safe, we expect those devices to do the job they were manufactured to do. When those devices or products fail and seriously injure or kill someone, the fault lies with the product’s manufacturer and/or the business…

November 24, 2014

Sleep-deprived drivers cause car accidents A person who is sleep-deprived behind the wheel is just as likely to cause a car accident as someone impaired by alcohol. The National Transportation Safety Board has been on a mission since 1967 to educate the country on the dangers of sleep fatigue. The NTSB proposes safety guidelines to federal and state governments as…

November 21, 2014

Wage and hour paid time Throughout the world, there are people who do not get paid for the work they do. Fortunately for us, we live in the United States and shouldn’t have to worry about wage and hour laws. Or so we would think. The truth is that many people in this country are not paid what they are…

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…

November 19, 2014

PA motorcycle accident attorneys Pennsylvania State Police reportedly suspect that alcohol played a role in a Nov. 8 accident that claimed the life of a motorcyclist. According to police, drunk-driving charges are pending against one of the motorists involved in the incident. The accident occurred at about 6 p.m. on Main Street in Boswell Borough. The motorcyclist, a 23-year-old man,…