News tagged with 'Property Owners Liability'

A confidential out-of-court settlement has been reached with the Kaitlyn Lassiter's family who sued Kentucky Kingdom amusement park for negligence. Kaitlyn was 13 when a cable broke and severed her feet while riding the Superman Tower of Power ride.

SAFE HOME 101- Homes older than 15 years may not be constructed with ground fault circuit interruptors (GFCIs), which prevent electrocution when electricity and water meet with you in the middle. If GFCIs were installed in every U.S. home, nearly 70 percent of the approximate 400 electrocutions that occurred last year could have been prevented.

A 14-year-old girl whose feet were severed by a ride at Six Flags Kentucky has filed a lawsuit and joined Rep. Edward Markey in calling for federal oversight through the CPSC over amusement parks.

iPod nanos are a hot commodity- literally. A number of reports of fires and melting batteries are coming to light. The latest in Japan has the Trade Minister there launching an investigation. The likely source - the lithium-ion battery.

Every once in awhile there is a good safety tip that circulates on the internet.  Sleep with your car keys within reach, the kind with the remote keyless entry system and alarm that puts you in control if someone tries to break in. 

About 100,000 occupants of FEMA trailers will be moved after the CDC confirms the high levels of formaldehyde fumes make them uninhabitable. In some trailers exposure was nearly 40 times normal exposure.

An Iowa couple knew they had a problem when they could push a finger through the siding of the $250,000 home. Water from shoddy construction had damaged walls and created mold. But they were not the original owner and the builder refused to do anything. A state Supreme Court decision Friday changed all that. 

Children who send sexually explicit photos to their friends on MySpace risk being charged with felony child pornography.

Consumers are paying too much and getting too little from their property insurance at a time the industry is enjoying major profits according to consumer groups.  

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