by Bettina Altizer | Nov 13, 2018 | Back and Neck injury, Liability, Premises Liability, Spinal Cord Injury
An ill-maintained rail caused a fall from a stairway of 15 feet resulting in quadriplegia for a 19-year-old man. It was a tragic ending for a visit to his sister’s apartment. While descending an exterior flight of steps to the deck below, the railing failed. Part of...
by Bettina Altizer | Sep 6, 2018 | Premises Liability
How can a student be crushed by a falling building column at a public university in Virginia? In this premises liability case, a female student tied a hammock to two concrete building columns in an open area on the campus of a public university. One of the concrete...
by Bettina Altizer | Aug 2, 2018 | Brain Injury, Personal Injury, Premises Liability
Following a snow storm, the apartment complex where he resided was plowed and the snow was piled on the grassy areas around the parking lot and sidewalks. When the temperature rose above the freezing mark, some of the snow melted. The water from the melting snow ran...
by Bettina Altizer | Jul 19, 2018 | Brain Injury, Liability, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Safety
In an East Harlem (New York) shopping mall two teenage boys threw a shopping cart from the fourth floor of the parking area. When the shopping cart landed it hit a local philanthropist, causing severe and life-changing injuries and traumatizing her 13-year-old son. In...
by Bettina Altizer | Apr 17, 2018 | Premises Liability
You might be asking how a case of premises liability could arise from a heifer attack on a plumber. At first glance, it seems ludicrous that a plumber could be attacked by a heifer. The second question is how this attack could become a premises liability case. As...
by Bettina Altizer | Mar 27, 2018 | Personal Injury, Premises Liability
The owner of a restaurant said, “There was no place to put a warning,” after a 68-year-old female fell on a step inside the restaurant. While moving from one table to another, plaintiff fell on a step separating two levels of the restaurant. The step was unlit,...