When someone takes a bad fall, it may lead to serious injuries, and in severe cases, even death. Knowing this, some individuals try to capitalize by making false slip-and-fall allegations. False allegations have the potential to cost businesses and insurance companies...
Premises Liability
Who is responsible for playground accidents?
Playgrounds can be a fun place to take your kids, but when someone has an accident and suffers an injury, it can make a good day go bad fast. When an injury happens at a playground, you may wonder where the liability lies. According to U.S. News and World Report,...
Are there different types of head injuries?
There is a very good reason why property owners must keep their premises free of falling risks, including clutter, snow, and ice. While some slips-and-falls only cause minor injuries, others can have major consequences. This is especially true when head injuries...
3 lessons we have learned from representing insurers
Big businesses are part of nearly every personal injury dispute. On one side, you as an injured person are trying to get the resources you need to put your life back together. On the other side, the insurance defense attorneys are negotiating to protect the other...
Slip and fall injuries and how to prevent them
Business owners have a responsibility towards their employees and clients to keep them safe. Slips and falls are common causes of injuries, and they can occur in all types of businesses at any time of the year. Owners must do what they can to mitigate dangers and...
How serious of a risk is carbon dioxide?
If you have a fuel burning heat source, stove, hot water heater, dryer or any other appliance or an attached garage on your home, carbon monoxide is a very real and serious risk to your health. CO is a risk whenever you burn something, including wood and charcoal. It...
How is rental insurance beneficial?
When visiting friends or family, you may never think about what insurance they must cover their home. If someone owns their home in New Jersey, they will almost always have homeowner's insurance that includes liability coverage should someone suffer an injury while on...
Fire sprinkler systems can save lives and limit property damage
Although state law requires smoke alarms in most New Jersey dwellings and buildings, more than 50 of the Garden State’s residents lost their lives in home fires in 2018. Each of these homes was lacking a fire sprinkler system, as reported by the New Jersey Fire...
Open and obvious defense might be viable in premises liability
Accidents are bound to happen in a business. When one does occur, your company should have specific protocol to follow. One of these points should be completing an incident report. This provides some basic information about what happened just in case the victim...
Fight back against frivolous claims against your company
Landowners are expected to keep their properties in suitable shape. When a property isn't kept up, it is possible that visitors to those places can suffer from injuries due to accidents like slip and falls. This is problematic since innocent victims aren't expected to...
