News tagged with 'Property Owners Liability (Slip and Fall)'

Three victims of the February 20 Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 99 people have filed the first federal lawsuit over the tragedy. Two survivors, Tammy Passa, 24, and Walter Castle Jr., 29, along with Cheryl Harris-Rossi, whose husband died in the blaze, filed the 61-page suit Tuesday. Defendants named in

Inspectors investigating a fire that killed 99 people at a Rhode Island nightclub discovered a document last week that suggests the bar's owners lied about the location's maximum capacity. Found in the rubble of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, the unsigned contract between the club's owners and the popular 80's

A Rhode Island superior court judge has granted attorneys access to the site of a horrific nightclub fire that killed dozens of people and injured nearly 200 more February 20. Plaintiff attorneys representing the families of victims who perished in the tragedy will be allowed to inspect the site using the aid of foren

An attorney representing the relatives of two people killed in the Feb. 20 fire at a Rhode Island nightclub has filed what is believed to be the first wrongful death lawsuit in the case. Ninety-eight people were killed and more than 180 others were injured when a blaze swept through The Station nightclub in West Warwi

Attorneys and investigators took action this week in the wake of last week's nightclub disasters in Chicago and Rhode Island that left nearly 120 people dead. In lawsuits filed Monday, lawyers blamed the city of Chicago for the fatal stampede that killed 21 people at the E2 nightclub. According to attorneys, the city

An explosion at a Kinston, North Carolina pharmaceutical plant Wednesday afternoon critically injured at least three people and may have killed several others, according to a police spokesperson. Eyewitnesses have reported that the blast occurred at around 1:30 p.m. at West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.'s medical plant

A lawsuit was filed last week against a West Virginia treatment center, which offers therapy to troubled teens through outdoor activities such as hiking and camping. In February 2001, the parents of 14-year-old Ryan Lewis brought their son to Ayne Institute, formerly known as Alldredge Academy, in Charleston to partic

A Missouri jury recently awarded $7.2 million to the mother of a 17-year-old man who drowned in an apartment complex's swimming pool. On July 24, 1999, Carlos Sango drowned in the pool at Ashley Park Apartments in Kansas City when his shirt became entangled in a broken drain cover. According to a maintenance worker e

In this month's issue of the Journal of Neurotrauma, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania reveal that roller coasters do not cause brain damage. In recent years, several reports have been published blaming the thrill rides' jarring G forces for brain injuries. High G forces may pull blood away from the bra

A Georgia jury awarded $13.4 million this week to the family of a woman murdered at an apartment complex in Norcross. On March 15, 1999, 20-year-old Danielle Jennings was strangled to death in her apartment by Calvin Oliver, a maintenance man working at the TGM Ashley Lakes Inc. facility. Jennings' family sued TGM as

A jury recently awarded $517,000 to the family of an 11-year-old boy who died during an altercation at a California elementary school. Radonhie Jackson died of a heart attack shortly after being punched in the chest during a fight at Springs Elementary School in San Bernardino. The decedent's brothers, who claimed th

Marriott International was recently found liable in the case of a 25-year-old man who died due to injuries he sustained during a Super Bowl contest in 1995. John Gioffre, 25 at the time of the incident, was attending a convention at the Marriott Orlando World Trade Center hotel in Orlando, Florida when he entered a co

A Federal jury awarded $705,000 last week to a Maryland truck driver who was wrongly accused of stealing $138 worth of gasoline from a Virginia truck stop. Michael Anthony Stamathis was an employee of Alabama-based J-Mar Trucking in December 2000 when he stopped at the Wytheville Flying J Travel Plaza along Interstate

A jury awarded $4.2 million recently to a Maryland woman who suffered severe leg injuries when she fell in the icy parking lot of a sports arena. In 1996, Kerry Ann Lockwood suffered two broken bones in her right leg after slipping in the parking lot of the US Airways Arena in Landover. Lockwood filed suit against th

A Harris County, Texas jury recently awarded more than $5 million to the family of a 9-year-old boy who drowned during a canoe excursion. Sam Schubert was a camper at Camp Ozark in Mount Ida, Arkansas in July 2000 when he and several other children and counselors went canoeing down the Ouachita River. During the trip