Pennsylvania Injury Lawyer Blog

The personal injury law firm of Anapol Schwartz is happy to announce the launching of its nursing injury news website: http://www.nursing-injury-news.com. In dedicating over 30 years to helping those injured while on-the-job and due to the negligence of others, Anapol Schwartz is at the forefront of assisting injury victims receive full compensation for work-related injury, illness, assault and abuse. The debut of Anapol Schwartz’s nursing injury website aims to provide updates on nursing injury news; serving as a valuable legal resource for nurses who have been hurt at no fault of their own while trying to do their job and help others.

The new nursing injury website hopes to help nurses better understand what qualifies as injury in the nursing profession and the possible legal avenues one may take to hold negligent employers accountable for their oversight or disregard. The website provides information about bed transfer injury, hazardous substance injury, equipment and appliance injuries, physical assault, physical exertion, slip and fall injuries, workers compensation, unsafe working conditions, MRSA infection, and much more.

Nursing injuries may occur at a hospital, medical facility, or at a private residence. Such injuries can take place for several different reasons, many of which circulate around unsafe working environments, improper training by staff members or employers, or various other types of negligence or reckless action on the part of a nurse’s employer. To learn more about nursing injury and what legal options may be available to you if you’ve suffered a nursing injury, please visit http://www.nursing-injury-news.com or call (866) 735-2792 for a free consultation with one of the skilled nursing injury attorneys at Anapol Schwartz.

One may think that the following is a comic story, but do not tell that to the woman who fell at the “flippers of a dolphin.” According to the chicagotribune.com website, a woman has filed a lawsuit against the Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Zoological Society alleging that they encouraged the dolphins to splash water onto the spectator area causing the floors to become wet. The woman alleges in the lawsuit that she slipped and fell, seriously hurting herself. She is suing for medical expenses, lost wages, and the mental and physical suffering she has experienced since the fall; totaling more than $50,000 according to her lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims that the zoo “recklessly and willfully trained and encouraged the dolphins to throw water at the spectators in the stands making the floor wet and slippery” and that they “failed to provide warnings of the slippery floor, failed to provide mats when the staff knew the floor would get wet and slippery.”

“Slip and fall" cases involve accidents that occur due to negligent maintenance, or unsafe and dangerous conditions upon property owned by someone other than the accident victim. Property owners and business establishments have a duty to provide a safe environment for individuals on their premises. Common situations giving rise to premises accidents include uneven floor surfaces, poorly marked changes in elevation, slippery surfaces, broken sidewalks, uneven elevators and broken steps. A telling stat reports that overall falling is the second leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States, after automobile accidents.

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The website post-gazette.com reported in a story on March 20, 2009 about the untimely death in a Manhattan hospital of actress Natasha Richardson, 45 who suffered head injuries while skiing in Quebec. Richardson’s death has put the helmet debate back in the spotlight. Richardson was skiing without a helmet at the Mont Ttreblant resort when she fell while riding on the beginner slope. According to Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the New York City Medical Examiners Office, Richardson’s fall caused epidural hematoma, producing bleeding between the brain covering and the skull.

An ambulance was called but the paramedics never saw Richardson. Director of operations at the emergency services company, Yvess Coderre, stated to reporters that when the paramedics arrived at the resort they were told they were no longer needed and sent back before ever seeing Richardson. Some time later another ambulance was summoned to the resort when her condition had gotten significantly worse and she was rushed to the hospital.

Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Allegheny General Hospital, Dr. Jack Wilberger said, “It sounds like she had a relatively prolonged period of being relatively OK. Usually with this type of problem people get into trouble in a short period of time. Such injuries involve a laceration of an artery just under the skull bone, which can lead to significant bleeding to build up to a level that causes unconsciousness. Usually unconsciousness occurs in 15 to 20 minutes. It sounds to me that what happened to her is one-in-a-million kind of chance of occurrence."

According to reports, slightly more than half of advanced skiers wear helmets, with a small but significant upward trend occurring within the last few years. Records show that ski helmets are only helpful up to speeds of 14 mph, and do not offer much protection from falling at higher speeds.

Have you or a loved one fallen? Are you injured or debilitated from a fall that was not your fault? Consider consulting a Pennsylvania slip and fall lawyer. You have questions and they have answers. For more than 30 years, the skilled Philadelphia personal injury attorneys at the law firm of Anapol Schwartz have advocated zealously to ensure that those who are negligent are held accountable. Let them help you determine what your legal options are. Please call 1-866-735-2792 for a free consultation.