California fall injuries increased more than 50 percent between 1991 and 2006 — from 55,458 injuries in 1991 to 82,264 in 2006, according to the California Department of Public Health.
Not exact matches
«More than half of
injuries from past earthquakes are associated with things
falling on people,» says Richard Allen, a seismologist at the University of
California, Berkeley who was not involved in the new study.
Fleet died in San Diego,
California, on October 29, 1975, at age 88 from
injuries related to a
fall.
We specialize in protecting and aggressively pursuing the interests of individuals throughout Southern
California in all types of personal
injury and accident cases including car accidents, dog bite and animal attacks, motorcycle accidents, serious
injuries and slip and
fall accidents.
Slip and
fall incidents in
California result in hundreds of serious
injuries every year.
Elderly individuals commonly file slip and
fall lawsuits because their
injuries may be more severe due to their age, but slip and
fall plaintiffs of all ages can be found across
California.
The
California slip and
fall lawyers at Harris Personal Injury Lawyers can help you fight for the compensation you need to pay for medical bills, lost income, and other damages you have suffered due to your
injuries.
California accidents that commonly cause significant personal
injuries include car, truck and motorcycle crashes, slip and
fall accidents, dog bites, construction accidents, nursing home abuse, and negligence.
We have represented those suffering
injuries as a result of car accidents, motorcycle Accidents, bicycle accidents, and premises liability matters, including slip and
falls occurring on another's property and other various
injury matters in
California.
Serious
fall injuries often involve elderly residents, which
falls on business property and work - related
falls also kill or seriously injure thousands of
California residents.
If you or a loved one has been seriously injured or killed after
falling at a Los Angeles business or suffering other
injury on business property in Southern
California, contact Howard Law, today for a free and confidential appointment to discuss your rights.
There are, however, certain exceptions to the statute of limitations which governs slip and
fall injuries in
California, such as:
But because this report's constructive criticisms seem to
fall largely on deaf ears in Sacramento and in many courthouses around the state, this year's look at the West Coast's perennial Judicial Hellhole will pragmatically limit its focus to an armful of the state's civil injustices, including precedent - defying state supreme court decisions, the Private Attorneys General Act, Prop 65, food and beverage litigation, innovator liability, the
California Environmental Quality Act's impact on affordable housing, courts» expansions of public nuisance law and natural disaster - chasing personal
injury lawyers, among others.
California appellate court rules listing broker was not liable for
injuries suffered by a potential purchaser when he
fell into an empty pool on the property and the broker did not have a duty to warn him that standing over an empty pool on a diving board posed a risk of
injury because the danger was open and obvious.