Posts tagged construction accidents

• Should Arizona Reconsider Statutory Immunity for Negligent Freeway Maintenance?

  Staff Writer | August 03, 2007 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A couple of days have passed since the tragic bridge collapse in Minneapolis which led to the deaths of at least five people. The cause of the bridge collapse on I-35W will not be known for quite some time. However, if the I-35W bridge collapsed due to ordinary wear and tear, such a tragedy may have been avoided had the Minnesota Department of Transportation placed a higher priority on bridge...

• Lawyer Advertising

  Staff Writer | March 19, 2006 9:09 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Do you select your attorney on the basis of which animal mascot the lawfirm included in its advertising slogan? Are you comfortable hiring lawyers who choose a flying animal or a four legged creature as a mascot? Do you make a decision to hire a lawyer on the basis of advertising? Fees? Experience? What criteria do you use to evaluate who to hire for your legal needs? What resources do you...

• Dangerous Conditions on Construction Sites

  Andrew Defusco | March 01, 2006 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  This is one record, like Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak and Wilt Chamberlain's single game scoring record, that we could all hope would never be broken.Unfortunately we were wrong.Last year, 13 workers died and one was critically injured in construction accidents in Southern Arizona, according to a recent article in the Arizona Daily Star. This broke the old record for 13 deaths/catastrophic...

• Arizona Punitive Damages Legislation

  Staff Writer | February 15, 2006 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Each year various members of the Arizona legislature introduce bills concerning all aspects of "tort reform." This year is no different. I recently learned that Arizona State Representative Jennifer Burns introduced a bill to prevent Plaintiffs from recovering punitive damges but not to outlaw puntive damages awards in their entirety. Rather than outlawing punitive damages, Representative...

• Enron and Corporate America

  Staff Writer | February 08, 2006 1:01 PM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The trial of Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling began this last week in a Houston, Texas courtroom. This corporate scandal and the beginning of the trial of its former executives has reinforced my opinion about why jurors rathern than government or corporate America should have the final say about what corporations should and should not do, and when corporations should be held...

• How Much Time Do I Have to File a Lawsuit?

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2006 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you have been injured in an accident and somebody else bears responsibility, one question likely to arise is whether you must file suit within a specified period of time. In Arizona, you must file suit within a specific time or you will forever lose your rights to sue. This time period can be as little as 180 days from the date you suffered harm (or should have known), as long as two...

• Building Partially Collapses in New York

  Staff Writer | January 09, 2006 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Two construction workers were injured when the building they were working in partially collapsed, with the first floor falling into the basement. The construction accident occurred just before noon this morning.The full AP release:NEW YORK (AP) - The first floor of a building under construction collapsed into the basement late Monday morning, sending two construction workers to the hospital,...