Category : Premises Liability
Investigators Probing Slip and Fall Accident Scam
Investigators in Wisconsin and Illinois are looking into a widespread slip and fall accident fraud involving at least 60 claims.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the scam was easy to operate. The fraudsters worked in groups, and while one person placed liquid or paper on the floor of a retail store, another person would step on it, slip and fall. A third person would act as a lookout to ensure that store employees remained unaware of the accident. They would then file a claim for a slip and fall accident resulting in an average payout of between $4,000 to 8,000. The scam involved 33 people who seem to have filed at least 60 fraudulent claims with 16 insurance companies that targeted big retailers in Illinois and Wisconsin between August of 2005 and February of this year.
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Stimulus Funds May Kick Start Clean up of Abandoned Mines
Efforts to get California’s numerous unsafe mines that are a potential accident and injury hazard cleaned up and closed, might get fresh impetus from the federal stimulus package. The package includes more than $1.5 billion for the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the Forest Service. The funds are expected to be used for eliminating the safety hazards posed by abandoned mines scattered across California, Arizona and Nevada.
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Boy Injured in Disneyland Park Ride Accident is Dead
For eight years, Brandon Zucker fought to regain his life as it had been before an amusement park accident at Disneyland altered it dramatically. On January 26, the 13-year-old who spent the last eight years not able to walk or talk, died at an Orange County hospital.
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Amusement Park Ride Crash Injures 23 in Northern California
The collapse of the Yo-Yo ride at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee has been blamed on “mechanical failures.” Two girls still remain hospitalized from injuries after the accident. At least 23 people were injured on Friday at the carnival in Angel Camp, California.
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Families of Quake Victims Awarded $2 Million
The families of two women who were killed during the San Simeon earthquake on December 22, 2003 have been awarded $2 million in compensation. In the earthquake, which measured 6.6 on the Richter scale, the Acorn Building, which dates back to 1892, collapsed killing the two women, 20-year-old Jennifer Myrick and 55-year-old Marilyn Frost Zafuto. The two women were in Ann’s Dress Shop inside the building, when the ground started to shake.
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