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The Legal Intelligencer

Camelback Escapes Fraud Claims From Injured Skier

A skier injured on the slopes of Camelback Mountain Resort in the Poconos can't prevail on his claim that the resort committed fraud by failing to mention its immunity from liability in advertisements targeting New Jersey audiences.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Owners Argued Tenant's Fall Due to Failure to Use Step

On Aug. 24, 2013, plaintiff Catherine Janoson, an administrative assistant in her early 50s, moved into a beach property in Ocean City, New Jersey, with her husband. They were renting the home for the first time.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Stuski v. Philadelphia Auth. for Indus. Dev., PICS Case No. 17-0893 (Pa. Commw. May 25, 2017) Covey, J. (13 pages).

Tenant and not landlord had duty to remove snow and ice where tenant had exclusive control over premises where slip-and-fall occurred, and tenant was obligated under lease to perform snow and ice removal and had taken actual responsibility for removal. Summary judgment affirmed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The 'Creation Exception' to the Pothole Law: Difficult to Prove

Kevin G. Faley and Kenneth E. Pitcoff write that the Court of Appeals has recognized only two exceptions to the statutory requirement of prior written notice of roadway and sidewalk defects, the first of which is where the locality created the defect through an affirmative act of negligence, which is limited to work that immediately results in a dangerous condition. Two recent cases clarified what is necessary to defeat a claim of immediate creation of a dangerous condition.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Council Passes Vicious Dog Ordinance

An attorney representing the family of a boy mauled to death by dogs on his way to kindergarten in January welcomed Monday's vote by the Atlanta City Council levying more stringent requirements on the owners of dangerous and vicious dogs.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

$35M Verdict Reinstated in Six Flags Case

The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated a $35 million verdict for the family of a man severely brain damaged by a gang attack as he left Six Flags Over Georgia.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Suit: Porch Collapse Caused Tenant's Neck, Foot Injuries

On May 27, 2014, plaintiff Karyn Lynn Dubois, 46, a cashier, was standing on her front porch, at 340 Centre Ave., in Oakdale, when the porch collapsed and she fell about eight feet, into the basement. She claimed foot and neck injuries.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Grady v. Montgomery Area School Dist., PICS Case No. 17-0770 (C.P. Lycoming Apr. 20, 2017) Anderson, J. (5 pages).

Plaintiff slipped and injured herself on an icy sidewalk in front of a high school, but the evidence did not show that plaintiff's injury was caused by a defect or dangerous condition originating from the structure of the sidewalk itself. The court held the school district was entitled to summary judgment.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

College Student Beats Board of Regents in Slip and Fall Appeal

A former Georgia Perimeter College student has beaten the Georgia Board of Regents and the attorney general on a liability ruling over a slip-and-fall lawsuit.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Landowner Sidewalk Liability Under 'Sangaray v. West River Associates'

In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner and Gail S. Kelner discuss a Court of Appeals decision that addressed the circumstances under which multiple landowners could be held liable for an accident on a sidewalk abutting the property of only one such owner.
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