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A young man and his sister were playing at a playground inside a Burger King Restaurant in August 2005 when the young boy fell injuring his lungs and sustained a traumatic brain injury and closed head trauma. The playground structure at Burger King included a fireman’s pole and monkey bars and had no rubber matting beneath it, just tile. Not so surprisingly, the defendant’s allegedly claimed that the responsibility for watching the children was with the father; however, the father and his family maintained in the lawsuit that there is an expectation of safety inherent in these types of situations. Furthermore, they alleged that warning signs were not posted at the particular restaurant where the young man fell even though other restaurants in the Burger King chain had posted warning signs. Injuries to the young man resulted in hospitalization for four months and today he is still undergoing rehabilitation for significant brain damage.

When an individual enters a restaurant such as Burger King or any other business for that matter, the owner and operator of that premises owes you the highest duty of care. In Pennsylvania, a person harmed by an unsafe condition on another’s property may have a case for monetary compensation. Premises liability accidents such as this often produce catastrophic and extremely painful injuries such as spinal cord damage, broken bones, dislocated joints, as well as traumatic brain injuries. Another common premise liability claim also involves inadequate security or failure to warn of a dangerous condition or defect.

The premises liability lawyers at Reiff & Bily are committed to protecting the rights of individuals injured when on the premises of another. Reiff & Bily provides free online evaluation for all premise liability claims. You may contact us for a free no obligation consultation at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com. We are also involved with swimming accidents, casino accidents, hotel accidents and cruise line accidents.

There could be danger lurking in your own home or backyard. Injuries to children can occur anywhere. They can happen in your house, backyard, school, day care facility, or even in a public park. While it is seemingly impossible to keep a child protected all times, it is important for parents and children to become aware of the dangers that lurk in play grounds and toys. The Pennsylvania personal injury and play-ground accident lawyers at the Philadelphia products liability law firm of Reiff & Bily have been researching and handling thousands of personal injury cases since 1979. Our Pennsylvania defective product attorneys have had extensive experience in the area of defective toys (products liability claims) and play-ground or amusement injuries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2001 approximately 45% of playground-related injuries are severe (fractures, internal injuries, concussions, dislocations, and amputations) and about 75% of nonfatal injuries were related to playground equipment failure, misoperation or malfunction.

Between 1990 and 2000, 147 children ages 14 and younger died from playground-related injuries. 82 of these injuries (56%) died from strangulation and 31 of these injuries (20%) died from falls to the playground surface. Most of these fatalities (70%) occurred on home playgrounds. Public playground climbers resulted in the most common cause of an injury as compared to any other equipment. At home playgrounds, swings were responsible for most injuries.

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