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A Snow Fall

Q: Early one winter morning, while walking in the parking lot of a store, I slipped and fell on frozen snow and ice.

A Special Relationship

Q: At an intersection, proceeding through a yield sign, a westbound vehicle collided with mine, which was northbound and not governed by a traffic-control device. Neither of us intended to turn at the intersection. When I had almost cleared the intersection, the westbound vehicle struck my right rear, causing my vehicle to roll over. For each of us, the view of the street from which the other driver was approaching was somewhat obstructed by hedges. I want to sue the town.

A Table on the Campus

Q: Our club requires that members sign a lengthy ‘Statement of Faith’ and refrain from certain activity outside of marriage.   We exclude students who hold religious convictions different from those in the Statement.

A Teacher Plays Hooky

Q: Both my son Timmy and his friend Ed were participants in their high school’s science-research program.  One day, after regular school hours, Ed said, “I’m goin’ to the lab to work on my project.  Teach is waiting for me.  Wanna keep me company?”  Teach let them in.  No one else was present.

A Tenant’s Exposure

Q: I rent and operate a liquor store in New York City. In front of my store, a customer tripped and fell. She says that a portion of the sidewalk was uneven. Later in the day, her friend took some photos of the scene. Am I exposed to a lawsuit?

A Tip About Gold

Q: “Gold has been discovered in Surinam,” said my broker.  “This company has options on thousands of acres.  I know the president.  When this information goes public, the stock will quintuple!”

A Tough Left Turn

Q: Wanting to enter the driveway of a shopping center, I made a left-hand turn from the street.  In an opposing lane, I collided with another vehicle.  There was no traffic signal at this spot.

A Two-Foot Pile

Q: On a rainy night, I was traveling downhill on a country road.  My car failed to negotiate a curve to the right.  Instead, it went straight, down into the gorge below.  I had noticed no speed-limit sign.

A Wild Goose Chase

Q: My mother fell down the basement stairs on premises owned by my boyfriend’s sister, who had permitted him to stay in her apartment while she was on vacation.  He invited me to join him, and I came with my mother, who suffers from dementia.

A Winter Walk

Q: One Winter day, I was walking on a sidewalk alongside a County road. A pile of accumulated snow was obstructing the sidewalk, and so I needed to walk on the roadway. There I was struck by a car.

A Worker’s Fall

Q: At work to restore the facade of a building, I fell from an opening in a structure that extended around the perimeter of the building.  The owner had instructed my employer not to cover the opening with planks.  Instead, my employer tried guardrails.

Abandoning an Employer

Q: To pour a concrete floor, I would much rather use a power buggy than a wheelbarrow. For horse play, I guess my friend likes buggies, too. He was not designated to operate my buggy. He was just a watchman on a construction site next to ours. My friend was not supposed to be at my site messing with my machine. All the same, he jumped on the buggy, lost control and fell off the buggy, which then struck me in the back.