Posts Tagged ‘risk management’
Pool Safety: Pool Drownings Can Happen in A Flash
More than 3,500 people – many of them children – drown each year in the U.S. and many more suffer serious, irreversible injury in near-drowning incidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Furthermore, for every fatal drowning incident involving a child 14 years old or younger, three children require emergency room…
Read MoreHotel Property Faces $4M Lawsuit After Boat Accident Injures Employee
You can imagine the scene: It’s the end of a long and hardworking summer season for managers at a trendy hotel on New York’s Shelter Island. They decide to celebrate by taking a friend’s fishing boat over to one of the local restaurants. On the way back, one of the managers at the helm of…
Read MoreDog Related Injuries and Homeowner Insurance Claims
Ouch! More than four million people per year are treated for dog related injuries. Claims generated by bite victims and dog owners can impact property owners and homeowner’s associations as well.We love these poochie pals, but sometimes their bite is worse than their bark. To the tune of about $570 million, dog bites and other…
Read MoreOroville Dam Risk Highlights Importance of Flood Readiness for Property Managers
After a five-year drought throughout the state, Northern California’s surface water systems have now been pushed to the breaking point on the heels of weeks of rainfall. Nearly 190,000 people were evacuated on February 12 over fears that a damaged spillway at the nation’s tallest dam in Lake Oroville located in the Sierra Nevada foothills…
Read MoreBars, Restaurants Responsible for Patrons’ Actions Under Dram Shop Laws
Dram shop laws allow establishments like bars and restaurants that sell alcohol to be held accountable for damage or injury caused by their patrons. There are 41 states with dram shop laws to varying degrees. Those states without dram shop laws are Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota and Virginia. Dram shop cases…
Read MoreDangers of Guest Bathroom Slips and Falls
Guest injuries due to bathtub or shower slips and falls remain a constant source of exposure for hospitality management, and no wonder considering the abundancy of potential risks. In fact, a study on hotel accidents conducted by Cornell University concluded that at 42%, slips and falls were the most common type of accident hotel guests…
Read MoreActive Shooter in the Workplace
Think back to your growing-up days. Do you remember the three-step mantra taught by the firefighters during fire safety presentations? Can you recite the instruction that everyone was to follow if they happened to be involved in a fire? Stop, Drop, and Roll. It became ingrained in many of our minds and retained into adulthood.…
Read MoreThe Very Real Costs of Sexual Harassment
It’s not something that only happens in other industries. If you’re reading this blog, it’s likely prevalent in yours. Mild or severe, sexual harassment in the workplace happens, and companies are paying the price. In 2015, $46 million was paid to victims in the nearly 7,000 lawsuits that were filed, according to the EEOC.
Read MoreLax Security Results in Tragedy, Hits Bottom Line for Apartment Owners
A $10 million verdict was not what the owners of an apartment complex in Clayton County, Georgia expected to hear in connection with a 2015 shooting death of one of its residents. But that’s exactly the amount the jury rendered after it was convinced by the victim’s lawyer that the owners of the complex were…
Read MoreFrom the Claim Files: Crisis Response and Legionella
The Claim: Three victims contracted legionnaires disease after a stay at a 62 room resort in North Carolina. Even before testing confirmed that the bacteria that causes legionnaires disease, legionella, was present in the hotel’s hot tub, the story was reported to the CDC, several news channels, and other media outlets.
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