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Premise Liability
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Insurance Law Hawaii
Court Sorts Claim for Equitable Contribution Amongst Insurers
The court determined that one insurer's policy was excess over the other insurer's policy, making the insurer with the primary policy liable for equitable contribution. United Specialty Ins. Co. v.…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Jury sides with Hy-Vee in icy sidewalk case
Depositphotos.com image Listen to this article In Brief A Jackson County jury returned a defense verdict for Hy-Vee in a slip-and-fall case stemming from icy conditions outside an Independence grocery…
TortsProf Blog
VT Continues to Reject Attractive Nuisance Doctrine
Treadway v. Green Mt. Power Corp., 2026 VT 20 at**¶¶ 16-18, 31, ___ A.3d___, ___ (2026) ((declining to alter common law and adopt attractive nuisance doctrine under Restatement (Second) of…
TortsProf Blog
WA: University Owes a Duty to Student Injured in Off-Campus Fraternity Hazing
Martinez v. Wash. State Univ., 593 P.3d 762 (Wash. 2026) (en banc) (recognizing a duty owed by the university to plaintiff’s decedent who died from alcohol-poisoning as a result of…
Business Law Legal Research Blog
PREMISES LIABILITY: Does the Business-Invitee Relationship Obligate a Business to Call EMS During a Medical Emergency That Is Unrelated to Premises Conditions?
Natalie K. Mitchell—Senior Attorney The law in Virginia, as with most states, is that a business owner and its invitees have a special relationship in the law, in…
The Lawletter Blog
PREMISES LIABILITY: Does the Business-Invitee Relationship Obligate a Business to Call EMS During a Medical Emergency That Is Unrelated to Premises Conditions?
Lawletter Vol. 51, No. 4 Natalie K. Mitchell—Senior Attorney The law in Virginia, as with most states, is that a business owner and its invitees have a…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Jury sides with plaintiffs in Kansas City mechanical bull case
A mechanical bull riding machine (Depositphotos.com image) Listen to this article In Brief A Jackson County jury awarded $16 million to John and Hilary Lockhart in a premises liability lawsuit.…
Searcy Law Blog
$15 Million Settlement Reached by Attorney F. Gregory Barnhart Before Trial in Child Drowning Case
By Searcy Law
West Palm Beach, FL –F. Gregory Barnhart, a senior partner in the Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. law firm in West Palm Beach, has settled a tragic child…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Slip and fall: the inspection gap that trips up defendants
Check out what the paper trail in a slip and fall case reveals about the premises liability standards, based on personal injury cases
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
What New Yorkers Need to Know About Open Manhole Liability
A woman was tragically killed after she fell into an open manhole on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The woman was not at a construction site. Instead, she stepped out of her…