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February 2, 2021 Insights

Comparative Negligence Could Impact Your Trucking Accident Compensation: Here’s What You Need to Know

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...

Lisa Circeo

January 21, 2021 Insights

When “Reasonable Care” Isn’t Enough

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...

Corporate Liability | Negligent Security | Premises Liability | Reasonable Care |

Lisa Circeo

January 14, 2021 Insights

Who Is Liable in Trucking Accidents?

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,...

Corporate Liability | Negligent Security | Trucking Accident | Trucking Accident Law |

Lisa Circeo

December 16, 2020 Insights

What to Consider When It Comes to Duty of Care and Negligent Security

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...

Corporate Liability | Negligent Security | Premises Liability |

Lisa Circeo

September 18, 2020 Insights

How Shootings Push the Boundaries of Premises Liability and Negligent Security Law

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...

Circeo Fannin | Negligent Security | Premises Liability |

Lisa Circeo

January 31, 2020 Insights

Staying Alive – Negligent Security Law in Kentucky

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...

Kentucky Justice Association | Negligent Security |

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