There is no way to spin the facts of a recent swimming pool accident in any positive way. A 12-year old cancer patient won a free trip to Florida and then subsequently drowned in the hotel swimming pool where he was staying.
The boy's mother is now suing the nonprofit group that arranged for the boy's trip. It is being alleged that the group negligently supervised the various aspects of the trip which would have included the boy's swimming in the pool.
We recently wrote about a pit bull attacking and killing another dog in Chicago while the owner of the pit bull refused to identify himself to the other dog owner. It turns out that the owner of the pit bull was a Chicago police officer.
The dog attack came about when a young girl tossed a ball for her dog to fetch and the pit bull then ran to retrieve the ball as well. When the smaller ball actually retrieved the ball first, the pit bull then clamped its jaws upon the smaller dog and started shaking it. Other individuals that intervened were unable to get the pit bull to let go and the smaller dog in time died due to its injuries.
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It's becoming more and more common to hear about lawsuits where the individual suffering an asbestos injury was not directly in contact with the asbestos itself. Sometimes the person is exposed to asbestos simply by being in contact with someone else that worked directly with the asbestos.
Owens-Illinois and Chevron USA both are now finding themselves entrenched in a wrongful death lawsuit. Owens-Illinois is accused of negligently manufacturing and selling asbestos related products, and Chevron is accused of negligently exposing workers to the asbestos. The deceased woman that is the subject of the lawsuit was purportedly exposed to the asbestos through contact with her father's clothing as her father worked for Chevron.
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A Chicago winter is a peak time for slip-and-fall accidents. However, the summer can bring on a number of these types of accidents as well in locations like baseball fields.
The Houston Astros are currently being sued for purportedly not providing a safe stadium environment at Minute Maid Field. A baseball fan apparently fell down a wet ramp while making his way back to his seat. A security guard then came to the individual's aid and issued an apology for not putting up a sign warning about dangerous conditions on the ramp.
As buildings get older conditions inside begin to deteriorate. When company management does not take the time to correct deteriorating conditions circumstances of premises liability arise that can result in injuries and accidents.
Recently a fire began in the "Back of the Yards" neighborhood in Chicago. It is thought that the blaze began due to faulty electrical wiring inside of the building. The fire caused extensive structural damage as parts of various buildings collapsed. One building will likely have to be torn down as the fire spread to five storefronts, and at least six ambulances were called to the scene of the fire to provide medical services.
Parents of a child that drown a number of years ago in a swimming pool accident are now doing all that they can to educate parents about the dangers that swimming pools present. The two parents rightly or wrongly blame themselves for what occurred as they say they didn't have their eyes focused on the child when the drowning took place.
As of today, the couple has raised more than $1 million for water safety training and swimming accident awareness. They have even written a book entitled: "Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim."
There has been a rash of dog attack and dog bite cases arising recently in Chicago. Though dog owners face the risk of criminal penalties and lawsuits, such owners nevertheless allow their pets to roam free on the streets.
Hopefully the case of a California mother and daughter will remind such owners that they really do need to take precautions to make sure that their pets are restrained. These family members owned a pit bull that got through a fence and then attacked a 76-year old neighbor lady. As the result of the woman's death because of this dog attack, the mother and daughter now are facing involuntary manslaughter charges that could add up to close to five years imprisonment for each of them.
A Chicago area company has been fined $127,600 by OSHA for its workers being exposed to asbestos during insulation removal while failing to implement safety precautions. The company was cited by OSHA for as many as 22 "serious health violations" following an inspection of the work premises.
We've known about the extreme dangers of asbestos exposure at least since the 1960s, and the health hazards of such exposure have been well documented. As one official of OSHA stated, "Failing to take proper precautions when removing asbestos puts workers at risk for respiratory and other serious illnesses." Yet at this late date companies continue to require employees to handle asbestos as if such health hazards were virtually unknown.
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Our Chicago readers probably understand that a home improvement store on the weekend can be a very busy place. Power tools and hazardous chemicals abound, but for one unlucky boy, it was the floor that proved dangerous.
According to a news report, a father was in the garden section of Lowe's home improvement store with his 8-year-old son and 1-year-old daughter, when his son slipped on the wet floor and broke his leg.
The father claimed the giant retailer was liable for negligence. The father charged that the retailer failed to either dry the floor, or place non-slip mats on the floor or warn shoppers with signage or other means that the floor was wet and slippery.
Details are cropping up in a horrific elevator accident that occurred back in December that led to a woman's death. The woman was caught between the opening and the interior of the elevator as the elevator began to move - thus essentially crushing the woman. Though it occurred on the east coast, such a premises accident it could just as well have occurred in Chicago.
It appears that a series of mechanical failures may have contributed to the accident. It has been alleged that radio signals possibly interfered with the elevator's lift's control board, though this has been disputed by one of the workers. Tests conducted upon the elevator showed that such signals caused the elevator to move up and down very quickly. It also is apparent that a computer chip installed that was to slow the elevator if it moved erratically did not function as intended.
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