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Legal Responsibilities of Businesses
Local businesses and property owners have a legal duty to provide a place for visitors and employees that is safe from:
• Improperly prepared or stored food
• Unsanitary conditions
• Failure to clean up a spill as soon as it occurs
• Unsafe and poorly maintained equipment and chairs
• Improper illumination in parking lots and common areas
• Inadequate security from known threats (i.e., pickpockets in casinos)
• Improperly marked or illuminated steps
• Accidents caused by intoxicated patrons
If a property owner (i.e., owner of a store, restaurant, hotel or casino) invites someone onto store property in hopes they will buy something, the law holds
A recent poll taken by ESPN says that almost half of Americans are fans of pro football or the NFL. The NFL (National Football League) is comprised of 32 teams that compete head to head in attempt to achieve the goal of winning the super bowl. However more recently the game of football has been revealed to be more dangerous than originally thought. Autopsies of former NFL players are showing extensive brain damage that could have contributed to their deaths. Today as the game of football progresses into a passing game wide receivers and cornerbacks are taking more punishment and suffering more brain damage.
Giant Food, Inc. v. Mitchell, 640 A.2d 1134 (Md. 1994). The onus is on the plaintiff to provide evidence that the store owner had constructive knowledge that a condition existed that could prove harmful to their guests. Rehn v. Westfield Am., 837 A.2d 981, 984 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2003); Moulden v. Greenbelt Consumer Servs., Inc., 210 A.2d 724 (Md. 1965); and that there was sufficient time to “remove the danger, or warn the invitee.”
DOI: 12/13/2012. This is a case of a 63-year-old male security officer who sustained a work-related injury to the right knee when he missed a step and fell down the stairs. As per Omni, the patient had a right knee meniscus tear. The patient had right knee replacement on 11/19/14.
Dire Circumstances Call for a Strong Response After being involved in a serious incident, you really should find a dedicated and perseverant La Palma injury attorney to make sure that you get the compensation you need to prevent a financial disaster. All too often, people get underwhelming settlements when they try to handle things themselves. Only a professional plaintiff lawyer really knows the ins and outs of the legal process and how much more compensation you can get with solid advocacy. Injuries frequently require more medical care than just the immediate medical bills, but most insurance companies will try to settle on these costs alone.
Harrah’s simply had to ensure the proper function of a hydraulic door located in their casino. Literally minutes of preventive maintenance or repair would have prevented an incident such as this from happening to Ms. Catuara, or anyone else seeking the fun and excitement of a casino visit. The Wrongful Death
Smith’s actions of being distracted by her son contributed at least 50% to her fall and subsequent injury. The store meets the definition of fault, as stated in section 34-6-2-45. A party may be liable for injuries caused by his/her negligent actions, if said actions were the proximate cause of the injuries. To have proximate cause, the injuries must be a probable consequence of the negligence. Control Techniques, Inc. v. Johnson, 762 N.E.2d 104, 108 (Ind. 2002).
Brian Pickens Dr.Willams English 12 1 May 2016 Problem Statement The Research shows that concussions has required numerous players to retire early. The investigation indicates that countless NFL players that have died have had concussions or brain disease contribute to their death. “A total of 87 out of 91 former NFL players have tested positive for the brain disease at the center of the debate over concussions in football, according to new figures from the nation’s largest brain bank focused on the study of traumatic head injury.
There are three different ways to grade a concussion. Concussions are graded as mild grade 1, moderate grade 2, or severe grade 3, depending on such factors as loss of consciousness, amnesia, and loss of equilibrium. If the victim has a grade 1 or 2 it's not life threatening scenarios to come. But if you have a grade 3 concussion, you will need to see a doctor immediately. Closed head injuries are a type of traumatic brain injury in which the skull and dura mater remain intact.
Sports have been around for a long time and so have these diseases that can end your life or complicate them. Rules are being more inforced as of now due to serious brain disease that cause death to those who suffer concussions on the field. The sports industry tried changing rules to the games to prevent certain disease such as ALS and CTE but changing the rules can come out to worse results as in fracturing other body parts that can cause the player to stop playing for some time or even forever which can cause an end to their careers. Changing certain rules may prevent certain conflicts but can start other conflicts which can be more risky for the athlete. For instance head trauma is a very talked topic coming from sports i don't believe
As you know the exit doors where lock so that nobody could walk out the door without paying for meals, drinks, and shows, etc.… this problem exceeding allowed occupants loads, insufficient complying exits from delineated exit paths, have been the exact problem and contributing factors in at least three of the five most deadly nightclub fire in the United States. A great example In the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire the occupancy limit of the club exceeded safe at an occupant load max of 400 people. What the occupant load determines the minimum number of and width of requires exits based on calculations of the type of assembly occupancy structures, buildings or a portion of each. What these guidelines help do is give fire officials a fundamental basis for their inspection programs. Exiting is the most critical of all requirements for any assembly occupancy, it provides easy identifiable exit paths so fires or collapsing structures do not easily block people from leaving any building in a tragedy like this one.
Jeremiah Jolly Research & Comm., Period C Mrs. Pienton April 27, 2015 The NFL is Not Supporting Head Injuries Sufficiently Introduction: Football is a major sport played in North America and is one of the top paid professional sports in the nation. Is the National Football League (NFL) putting forth enough effort to support the league's players regarding head injuries?
People that suffer from head trauma like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) have long term consequences but how does this affect their life and what are people suggesting to do about it? ALS and CTE are two forms of diseases to the brain that causes severe symptoms such as muscle weakness, memory loss, shortness of breath, and confusion. ALS is a rare disease with fewer than 20,000 cases per year found in the U.S. This type of disease affects nerve cells in the brain and in the spinal cord. CTE is some what similar to ALS but this other disease is commonly found in athletes with a history of repetitive brain trauma.
Business owners receive shipments of products everyday which have to be stored somewhere before final placement, and when a customer sees the placement but trips and falls, the invitee has violated his own duty to exercise reasonable care for his own safety. Also, because the pallet was not a foreign transitory substance, the analysis is different. (Clark Fountain, 2017) Issue(s) – Was the defendant negligent in taking care and maintaining the walkway in order to accommodate a reasonable and safe condition for the use that it is intended? Rules - Tort Law, Negligence. A land owner has two distinct duties to business invitees: (1) the duty to warn of a latent dangerous condition and (2) the duty to maintain premises in a reasonably safe condition.
While researching abuse in nursing homes, I was surprised to find out that it happens a lot more than I knew. When you hear nursing home, you immediately think about elderly people. However, that is not always the elderly. Abuse is defined as to treat (a person or an animal) with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly. Abuse also can be describes as neglect and mistreatment.
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