Apartment Security and Criminal Acts
Owners and management companies are responsible for keeping their premises reasonably safe fortheir tenants and their visitors. They have a duty to provide such reasonable security measures as are necessary to protect these individuals from foreseeable violent crime on their premises. When property and business owners fail to implement reasonable security measures and someone is seriously...
Residential/Commercial Property Safety & Security
Every year thousands of people are injured, some seriously, because of the negligence of property owners. Many people are hurt while in someone else's home or place of business. People may be injured on a flight of stairs, on a patch of ice or snow, by a building defect, or by the intentional, criminal act of a third party. The area of the law that applies to these types of situations is known as...
Construction Site Accidents
Construction workers who suffer on-the-job injuries need a lawyer who will have their interests at heart, not those of the insurance company or employer. At Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay our attorneys represent workers and others injured in construction site accidents. Construction workers face some of the most dangerous working conditions in the country on a daily basis. Although...
Drownings
Every year thousands of children and adults suffer serious injury or die in swimming pool accidents, recreational park accidents, diving accidents and spa-related accidents. Most swimming pool accidents are the result of badly designed or constructed pools, improper pool maintenance, and failure by property owners to install proper fences around a pool or cover them. Property owners with...
Golf Cart Crashes
As golf carts are used in more settings off the golf course, the number of injuries is rising. According to an article in the July 2008 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, from 1990 until 2006, the injury rate rose more than 130 percent. During this period, nearly 150,000 golf cart-related injuries were recorded in people as young as 2 months and as old as 96 years. As...
Horse and Carriage Crisis
Although they seem to be a charming reminder of by-gone days, horse and carriage rides carry some risks. Employed primarily in tourist locations, such as St. Augustine, Florida, horse and carriages must share the roads with modern automobiles. If there is a collision, an open carriage traveling at a leisurely pace, usually absent seat belts, is little protection against the tons of metal and the...
Dog Bites
Pet owners are responsible for ensuring that their pets do not inflict harm on others. If pet owners allow their pets to bite, scratch, maul or cause injury in some other way, the victim can take action. The attorneys at Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay are here to help you take that action. We are here to help you pursue justice - the full, fair and complete compensation you deserve to...
Workplace Accidents
If you are unfortunate enough to be involved in an accident at work, which was not your fault and you suffer from a workplace injury, you may be able to make a personal injury claim for compensation. If you are injured at work, in most cases you are entitled to workers’ compensation. The type of compensation you are entitled to will depend on the nature of your injury, and whether you are...
First Responder Injuries
If you are injured at work or develop a condition or disease over time because of the kind of work you do, then you may be covered for treatment, lost wages and permanent damage, so you should see an attorney with strong experience and credentials in Workers’ Compensation Law. Almost all employers, by law, must provide workers’ compensation benefits free of charge to their employees. The...
Inappropriate or Negligent Surgery
Surgery can be a frightening experience, but if we ever have to go under the surgeon’s knife, we all hope that the surgery will be carried out correctly. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and compensation claims arising out of negligently performed surgery are on the increase. One particular area of surgical treatment in which there has been a rise in the number of compensation...