Category Archives: Premises Liability

Another Brick in the Fall

A tenant noticed that a stone above the fireplace mantel was loose and about to fall. She was alarmed that it might fall and injure a child playing nearby. She tried to hold it, but it fell and injured her shoulder. She sued her landlord for personal injury.

Slip and Fall Leaves Woman Unconscious

A woman in a grocery store slipped and fell, hitting her head a losing consciousness for several minutes. When she regained consciousness she realized she had slipped in a clear liquid – presumably water. The puddle was about three feet in diameter. There were no foot tracks or cart tracks through the liquid. There were […]

Slip and Fall Cases Not So Easy

Please note, our law firm took no part in the lawsuit described in this article. Many erroneously believe that if someone is injured on another’s property, the property owner and/or their insurance is responsible to pay related damages. Actually, slip and fall injury cases are among the hardest to establish liability. Two recent Washington Court […]

Sloppy Carpet and Sloppy Lawyering

Our law firm was not involved in the case described in this article. A tenant tripped in a tear in the carpet of her apartment unit and sued the apartment complex. In the complaint the tenant alleged breach of contract and violations of federal regulations governing the structural soundness of federally subsidized housing.[1] […]

Slip and Fall Liability is Far From Automatic

Many believe that a business is automatically responsible if someone falls in their business and is injured. This is not so. In fact, slip and fall cases are among the most difficult for the injured party to seek compensation. The Court of Appeals today posted its decision in a slip and fall case. Our firm […]

Defective Shopping Cart Suit Against Best Buy Dismissed

A elderly woman went to Best Buy. Another shopper struck her from behind with their cart and injured her. She did not know the identity of the person who ran their cart into her, or whether they had anything in the cart basket that would have obstructed their view. She sued Best Buy and the […]

Slip and Fall Case Against Toys R Us

Our personal injury law firm was not involved in the case described in this article. A recent Court of Appeals opinion upheld the trial court’s dismissal of an injury claim from a slip and fall in a Toys R Us store. The injury claimant slipped and fell within several feet of the front door to […]

Washington Appeals Court Reverses Dismissal of Injury Claim

Our Seattle injury attorney was not involved in the lawsuit described in this article. In an unpublished opinion the Washington Court of Appeals recently reversed dismissal of an injury claim of a Tacoma woman who fell on a set of stairs.

Tenant Injured in Dock Collapse Wins Victory on Appeal

Our Seattle personal injury attorney did not participate in the lawsuit described. The Washington Supreme Court in a recent personal injury case ruled on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.[1] Res ipsa loquitur means “the thing speaks for itself”.“The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur spares the plaintiff the normal requirement of proving specific acts of […]

Landowner Duty to Police in Washington

Our law firm was not involved in the personal injury lawsuit described in this article. In a recent premises liability case Division One of the Washington Court of Appeals considered what duty, if any, a landowner owes to a police officer.[1] On the night of December 20, 2005, a King County Sheriff’s Department Deputy entered […]

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