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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 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 In an unpublished opinion the Washington Court of Appeals recently reversed dismissal of an injury claim of a Tacoma woman who fell on a set of stairs.

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 […]

Courts Decide Slip and Fall Case

Our law firm was not involved in the lawsuit described in this article. The Washington Court of Appeals recently upheld the dismissal of a case in which a person was injured on another’s land. The injured party was a truck driver who had been inspecting a load and fell while walking on an ungraded area […]

Woman Injured in Supermarket Wins on Appeal

By Seattle Personal Injury Lawyer Travis Scott Eller The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a woman injured in a supermarket.[1] The woman was injured when she fell in a QFC supermarket floral department. She claims she was injured as a result of the negligence of the supermarket.

Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Slip and Fall Case

By Seattle personal injury attorney Scott Eller The Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a slip and fall case.[1] The claim arose from a fall on snow and ice in the parking lot of a commercial space. The injured party produced the opinion of an accident reconstruction expert. The trial court excluded the expert’s […]

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