Category Archives: Premises Liability
Banana Boat Accidents
The phrase “banana boat” refers to many different things, some of them associated with recreation and fun. If you are an indoorsy type who does not like to stray far from refrigerators and freezers, then a banana boat is the dish in which you serve a banana split, in which the banana is filled… Read More »
Gangway Collapse At Hilton Head Marina Causes Injuries
Maritime travel is dangerous enough that most people avoid it altogether, and people who travel frequently by boat know how to avoid the most dangerous situations. They head for dry land at the first sight of a dark cloud, since, when you are on the open water, there is nowhere to take shelter from… Read More »
Slip And Fall Accidents During Storms
When people slip and fall, it is an accident, so how does it become a lawsuit where the party responsible for the site of the accident pays a settlement to the injured person, covering the person’s medical bills and sometimes other accident-related losses? You can get compensation for a slip and fall accident through… Read More »
Accidental Falls In Hospitals
Premises liability laws protect customers who get injured in almost any kind of preventable accident at almost any kind of place of business, but the largest subset of premises liability cases involve accidental falls. Where are accidental falls most likely to happen? Is it at places frequented by children, since children are more likely… Read More »
Wakeboarding Accidents
Of all the ways to have aquatic fun in South Carolina, wakeboarding is one of the best. If you have always wanted to try water skiing or surfing but are not athletic enough, or if you have always wanted to snowboard but you cannot stand the cold, then a wakeboarding adventure might be just… Read More »
Small Aircraft Accidents
People who drive in high-speed traffic every day fear air travel sufficiently that they load up on bar drinks or Benadryl to stay calm during the flight, when the risk of getting injured as a passenger on a commercial aircraft is substantially lower than the risk of getting injured as a passenger in a… Read More »
Teen Dies Of Parasitic Infection After Swimming In Lake Murray
The Naegleria fowleri amoeba is ubiquitous in the soil, but it rarely causes illness in humans. It can cause a rare, but usually fatal, disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), but the only way that PAM infections can occur is if contaminated water is forced far enough into the nostrils that it migrates to… Read More »
Beach Umbrella Accidents
What is the most dangerous thing you will encounter during a trip to the beach in South Carolina? Alligators are ubiquitous in the rivers and lakes of South Carolina, so you are likely to see them lounging on the riverbanks and even walking across golf courses, but you will not find them in the… Read More »
Who Is Liable For Swimming Pool Accidents
By this time of year, all of the bathing suits in your children’s sizes have disappeared from the store, and you have realized that you do not have the funds to buy a new swimsuit for yourself this year and you will have to keep wearing the same threadbare suit you have had since… Read More »
South Carolina’s Frustratingly Ambiguous Bed Bug Laws
Summer is here, and everybody is flat broke. This means that instead of going anywhere that requires air travel or taking a road trip to the theme parks in Orlando, the most that Columbia families can afford in terms of summer fun is a beach trip to the Grand Strand, where you can stay… Read More »