If You Tell Two Different Versions of How the Car Crash Happened, You Do Not Get The Case Against You Dismissed!
How to determine which law firm is best for Your Case A Deep Dive Into the Factors that Make Our Law Firm One of the Very Best This is Part 1 of a series of posts… Scenario: Two Cars Are Involved in a Crash at an Intersection. Lawsuit: The injured passenger in one of the […]
Settlement for Client Injured When Struck By Snow Plow
Settlement for client hit by truck We Recently Resolved a Case for a Lovely Client Who Sustained Multiple Fractures and other Serious Injuries When a Truck Driver Clearing Snow from a Strip Mall Parking Lot Backed up His Truck and Struck Our Client Sending Her to Hospital. The Incident Martin + Colin, P.C. announced a […]
The judge agreed with us that the homeowner made a special use of the driveway
The judge wrote: “The use of a sidewalk as a driveway constitutes a special use.” After ruling in our favor, the judge scheduled the case for a settlement conference. A month later, the case settled to the satisfaction of our client. The Full Decision and Order of the Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF […]
Legal arguments to show the homeowner made a special use of the sidewalk
Introduction In a series of recent blog posts, found here and here, the attorneys at Martin + Colin, P.C. brought to your attention a new appeals court ruling which discussed the “special use” exception which imposes homeowner liability in slip and fall cases. In the legal papers reproduced below, we shared a recent legal analysis of […]
Settlement Demand for Client Who Slipped and Fell on Icy Sidewalk and Required Two Shoulder Surgeries
Introduction In a recent blog post, found here, the attorneys at Martin + Colin, P.C. brought to your attention a new appeals court ruling which discussed the special use exception to homeowner liability in slip and fall cases. As a further discussion of the “special use” exception, which imposes liability upon adjoining homeowners who make […]