by azguy | Sep 10, 2025
Some years ago, George Becker slipped in the shower of his Encino, California apartment and fell against the glass shower door. The door, made of untempered glass, shattered, and Becker suffered serious injuries from the broken glass. The risk of injury would...
by azguy | Sep 10, 2025
Only boiled turnips may be more unappetizing than food containing foreign substances. We all have had the occasional experience of finding a hair in our food. Most of us can tolerate that. It is unlikely to injure us or make us ill. Rocks in beans, broken glass in...
by azguy | Sep 10, 2025
December sets the record each year for the highest consumption of alcoholic beverages. Holiday entertaining is largely responsible for this. Although not inevitable, alcohol often means intoxication. Most would agree that those who host social events where...
by azguy | Sep 10, 2025
Many people incorrectly believe that a person who is injured by a fall on someone else’s property automatically is entitled to be compensated for the personal injury. This is not what the law says. The law does not require property owners, or their insurance...
by azguy | Sep 10, 2025
Some time ago, a Chicago jury awarded $450,000 in damages to a woman who lost an eye when she was struck by a ball at a golf tournament. That case is noteworthy because it is one of the few in which seriously injured spectators have successfully sued the sponsor of a...
by azguy | Sep 10, 2025
For decades, some product manufacturers have lobbied Congress to enact federal laws that would greatly limit their liability for injuries caused by harmful and defective products. They say consumer remedies built into the common law (court-made law) are...
