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Pool safety depends on attending to some rules

Watching children engage with water is fun. Many take to the water naturally. Others come to the experience a little more hesitantly and need encouragement. In midwestern states like Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky, water access is available through lakes, ponds, streams and, of course, pools indoor and outdoors. Anyone who owns or operates a pool faces an extra duty...

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What protections are available after a slip and fall accident?

Falling incidents can be unexpected and result in serious physical, financial and emotional harm for victims. Victims may wonder what protections are available to them if they have been harmed in a slip and fall accident. In general, when a victim has slipped or tripped on a property owner’s premises and the owner failed to take the proper precautions...

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Premises liability legal options protect injured victims

At the end of a hard winter, it can be helpful to review premises liability protections available to victims of slip and fall and other types of accidents. Victims may wonder what exactly premises liability refers to. Premises liability law includes a set of protections for victims who have suffered harm on another party’s property. Premises liability claims can...

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Avoid these 6 springtime hazards

Around this time of year, a lot of people start thinking about spring cleaning projects. After all, there are many tasks we might have been avoiding during the winter that suddenly seem very important once the warmer weather rolls around. With this in mind, it can also be a good time to remind readers about some springtime hazards in...

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Swimming Pool Water Quality, Health, and Safety

It’s bad enough to be sick in the winter when the weather is uncooperative, but to be ill in the summertime when you really want to be out enjoying the sunshine seems especially unfair. Yes, illness can strike at any time, and sometimes its source is the thing you least expect. After a day of fun out by the...

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Premises security at sporting events

Little League and Soccer Teams are Filling Up Now that spring and summer sports are in full swing, many of us will be spending a great deal of time at the sports park – playing, coaching, or cheering our favorite player. For some, the ballfield becomes a second home, where it seems they spend most of their free time....

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Hotel Room Safety

The recent court case involving sportscaster and TV personality Erin Andrews served to expose some of the dangers of travel and hotel security that most of us don’t consider. If you’ve ever lost a hotel room key card and had to go to the front desk to get a new one made, you might have been asked to show...

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