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Premises Liability & The Building Codes: The Role of Codes in Making Premises Safe

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According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), “Building codes protect you from a wide range of hazards—whether it is by implementing safe wiring, fire prevention, or stronger structural integrity. When a...more

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Skating Through Snow and Ice Mishaps - A Primer in Connecticut’s Premises Liability Law

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The elements of a cause of action for negligence are well established: duty, breach of that duty, causation, and actual injury. Pelletier v. Sordoni/Skanska Const. Co., 286 Conn. 563, 593 (2008). “The status of an entrant on...more

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Skating Through Snow and Ice Mishaps - A Primer in Massachusetts’ Premises Liability Law

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Massachusetts has a similar negligence standard to Connecticut but has different laws as applied to landowners in snow and ice liability cases. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) abolished the distinction...more

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Skating Through Snow and Ice Mishaps - A Primer in New Hampshire’s Premises Liability Law

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In New Hampshire, “[a] premises owner owes a duty to entrants to use ordinary care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition, to warn entrants of dangerous conditions and to take reasonable precautions to protect...more

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An Overview of North Carolina Premises Liability Law

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Accidents happen. But how do you determine whether an injury on someone else's property is just an unavoidable accident or a potential legal liability? As in other areas of personal injury law, the analysis typically is based...more

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