After being injured as a result of a medical error, you are likely to encounter two frequently conflated terms, “negligence” and “malpractice.” While they may sound the same, your lawyer should most certainly know the difference. It is estimated that nearly 150,000 payouts were made for medical errors in the […]
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On any given day, there are more than 20,000 people living in nursing homes and rehab centers in Kentucky, according to a spokesperson at the Kentucky Department for Public Health. Many of them are nearing the end of their lives. They are among our most vulnerable. But during the final […]
In Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Ohio and other states, the principle of comparative fault prevails in legal disputes involving the payout of damages. Put simply, if this were visualized like a pie, the more you’re at fault for an incident in which you were hurt, the smaller your slice. A […]
At the heart of every premises liability case is the presumed duty of “reasonable care” by a landlord or property owner, obliging them to undertake sufficient measures to protect patrons on their property from foreseeable risks and dangers that can harm them. Reasonable care runs the gamut from risks in […]
Let’s start from the perspective of a private driver. Each year, you’re increasingly likely to be hit by a commercial truck on the road. Even as overall deaths and injuries from motor vehicle collisions in the United States have declined, harm and fatalities involving trucks have continued a slow but […]
Like companies all over the country, going remote isn’t something we expected to do. But in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the direction in which our firm was forced. So, we went virtual, only to find little changed about working across eight states and multiple practice areas. Our […]
When you are hurt or injured by a product you bought via an online retailer, that retailer may be legally responsible. A California appeals court ruled this recently, provoking fresh thought about the scope of product liability when people are left injured by design or manufacturing negligence. Product liability law, […]
In our legal system, where the law is precedent-based, external events tend to bring cases to court that test the parameters of legal areas. Negligent security is no different. The victim of a negligent security case must establish that a property owner or commercial entity has a duty of care […]
How Shootings Push the Boundaries of Premises Liability and Negligent Security Law – Circeo Law Firm
Shootings occupy a particularly dark corner of the American imagination. We understandably fret about exposure to horrific, life-changing suffering for our simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Headline-grabbing mass-events aside, there is a strong risk we could become caught in the crosshairs of an “everyday” act […]
A teenage girl is stabbed at a national retail store. A crowd of people is shot at a movie theatre. A man watching a concert is assaulted and badly beaten. Are businesses responsible for what occurs on their premises? Whether a cause of action exists against these businesses is not […]