San Mateo Personal Injury Law Blog

An 8-year-old boy that slipped and fell on a wet floor in a California Lowe's home improvement store -- and subsequently fractured his leg -- is primed to receive a $50,000 settlement. The boy's father claimed Lowe's was negligent in failing to dry the floor or warn customers; Lowe's defended on the grounds that the father was negligent in failing to supervise his son. The pending $50,000 slip-and-fall accident settlement would bring the matter to a permanent close and leave Lowe's a little more cognizant of hazardous conditions at their retail stores.

When a property owner knows, or sometimes even when a property owner should know, about a dangerous condition on their property and they fail to disclose it, any resulting injuries may entitle the victim to a premises liability claim and could mean sufficient compensation.

This year, April 17 is the deadline for filling federal taxes. This date may be significant for a reason that most are unaware of. Researchers have analyzed 30 years' worth of United States highway statistics, including data from Northern California car accidents, and concluded that fatal car accidents rise on average 6 percent on Tax Day. This trend is most common among the subset of people that are aged 65 years or older.

According to the report, researchers think that this trend could be for a variety of reasons. The looming deadline could add stress or perhaps there is an increased rate of alcohol consumption upon the completion of filing taxes. Either way, researchers have not come to a conclusive decision on this regard. However, the data was interpreted from so many angles that researchers can conclusively say that Tax Day is significantly deadlier than the average day in April.

The responsibility for maintaining a safe premise for tenants falls on the shoulders of the landlord. Recently, one San Francisco case of landlord negligence may be going to trial following the death of one of the landlord's tenants when the victim plummeted three stories through a rotting staircase on the landlord's property. In a horrific display, another tenant found the woman on her back, her kidney lacerated. The woman died a likely agonizing death three weeks after her fall.

"For the amount of times they've been notified of the dangers of the stairs for three people falling through they are still only replacing some of the stairs," one tenant that also fell through the treacherous staircase remarks. One victim is too many, but for three people to have fallen through this staircase with little effort being done to rectify the situation is unthinkable.

San Francisco, California, authorities are reaching out to the public for help in tracking down a driver of a fatal hit-and-run car accident. Not only could this man face charges of fleeing the scene of an accident but if he is found to be the driver at fault in this accident, he could face a wrongful death lawsuit.

If the driver that fled the accident is tracked down and he is found guilty of causing the accident, the victim's family could pursue damages. While compensation will not bring back the victim, reported to be an adult male driving a Lincoln Town Car, it may give the family of the victim some sense of justice.