Workers’ comp disclaimer barred personal injury suit 
Published: May 2, 2013
Tags: disclaimer, liability waiver, premises liability, slip and fall, workers' compensation
An employee waived her right to sue her employer’s customers for negligence when she signed a workers’ compensation disclaimer at the time she was hired, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Transit authority didn’t have heightened duty of care
Published: April 9, 2013
Tags: common carrier doctrine, negligence, premises liability, slip and fall
A New York City transit authority did not have a heightened duty of care to prevent a passenger from slipping and falling while walking in a train station, the New Jersey Appellate Division has ruled in reversing a $7.7 million judgment.
Benchmarks: Court erases NYC commuter’s $7.7M slip-and-fall verdict
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 5, 2013
Tags: common carrier doctrine, negligence, premises liability, slip and fall
A New Jersey court on Thursday overturned a $7.7 million award to a commuter who slipped on wet floor mats at a train station outside New York City, rejecting the notion that the regional transit authority had a heightened duty of care.
Benchmarks: Tucson golf course protected by recreational immunity
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 14, 2013
Tags: golf, recreational immunity, slip and fall
An Arizona court yesterday tossed a $54,000 slip-and-fall award against a municipal golf course in Tucson, concluding that the state’s recreational-use immunity law governed the claim.
$11.25M awarded for slip-and-fall
By:
Peter Vieth
Published: March 5, 2013
Tags: slip and fall, wa-mart
A doctor who suffered a permanent back injury when he slipped and fell in a Wal-Mart store has won a $11.25-million verdict from a Virginia jury.
Woman hurt in grocery wins $5M
By:
Peter Vieth
Published: February 12, 2013
Tags: Food Lion, slip and fall, traumatic brain injury
A disabled Virginia woman has won a $5 million verdict for a fall in a supermarket.
Jury awards local bar customer $2 million
Published: September 10, 2012
Tags: bar, Hawaii, premises liability, slip and fall
A bar in Honolulu, Hawaii has lost a multimillion dollar civil suit after a patron slipped and fell on some spilled beer, leading to multiple surgeries.
Repairman wins $750,000 verdict against theater
Published: September 6, 2012
Tags: slip and fall, Virginia
An organ repairman has won his lawsuit against Carytown, Va.’s historic Byrd Theatre.
Shock and fall brings $10 million verdict
Published: August 31, 2012
Tags: electricity, Missouri, slip and fall
A Jackson County, Mo. jury has awarded almost $10 million to a Kansas City man who was injured in a 2008 accident at the Saint Luke’s Health System Crittenton Campus.
Grocery story settles slip-and-fall suit
Published: August 9, 2012
Tags: grocery store, slip and fall, Virgnia
A Strasburg, Va. woman’s lawsuit against Food Lion has been dismissed from federal court after an undisclosed settlement was reached.
