Childhood injuries are so common that your child getting hurt at a friend’s house is nearly inevitable. The majority of such injuries are minor and easily remedied with a bandaid or an icepack, and perhaps a hug. When more serious injuries occur, however, like a bone break, a deep cut, or a head injury, there…
The tragedy of a drowning is unfathomable, even if it occurs in shallow water. Although drowning incidents in California have decreased markedly over the last four decades, drowning is still the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in children in the U.S. Compass Law Group, P.C., with offices throughout the Los Angeles vicinity, handles…
One thing we know is that there are plenty of pools in and around the city. We know that the last thing on your mind is that you will need a Los Angeles premises liability lawyer, but the negligence of a property owner can cause major injuries around a pool. At the Compass Law Group,…
Are you living somewhere you hate? Does the landlord own the property where you live? Do you hate it because your landlord does nothing to take care of the property? Do you hate it because your landlord takes forever to help fix something in your apartment or house? Landlord and tenant relationships can be challenging…
Have you ever walked into a super cramped store and thought that something was going to crash down on you? Have you ever walked down the aisle of grocery stores and wonder if anyone is going to notice that spilled bottle of soda? When people walk into stores or onto different properties they are accepting…
Have you ever walked through a construction zone without glasses? The answer should be no because if you enter a construction zone then helmets and protective eye gear should be worn at all times. Sometimes the helmet makes it on, but not the glasses. When people think of getting injured while walking around some one’s…
Imagine you and your friends deciding to go out to a fun night on the town. Before the big night, you decide to go shopping for a new outfit. You are ready to try on all the clothes and are feeling fierce when you find yourself waking up in an ambulance. What just happened? Where…
Among the most common types of slip and fall accidents and premises liability claims are stairway accidents. Torn carpeting on stairs, slippery or wet substances on steps, even surfaces, lack of stair rails or rickety or rotten stair rails and supports are often cited among accident victims as causing their falls—and the sometimes significant injuries…
This happened to many of us. You walk into an apartment in Los Angeles or elsewhere in California and everything seems OK at first sight. The landlord keeps telling you how great this apartment is and leaves no room for thinking by offering you a juicy discount if you sign a rental contract here and…
We know that this case settled earlier this year, but we want to bring it to you to highlight the many different ways that people can become injured on other people’s property. Alina Putich was at a late-night frat party at a USC frat house. The fraternity had hired ‘The Perfect Event’ to produce the…
