A LOOK AT SOME INTERESTING PERSONAL INJURY CASES THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME
There is no shortage of crazy cases that come through a court of law, but those revolving around personal injury can be especially surprising. Whether it’s a slip-and-fall accident or something a little more eccentric, there are a million ways to hurt yourself while simply going about your day. The problems arise when it’s determined to be another party’s fault. Let’s take a look at some notably strange cases where bizarre miscalculations led to injuries and ailments. AS BELOW, SO ABOVE Time spent in the restroom is inherently private. We don’t normally talk about it, but that’s not the case for a Pennsylvania woman who experienced a traumatic event during a routine trip to the lady’s room. In 2007, a schlocky horror plot came to life in a building along Philadelphia’s famous Market Street. The culprit was a faulty plumbing system. The woman was inside a restroom stall on the eighth floor, and, as she sat on one of the old toilets customary in the building, pressure building from inside the tank caused a massive explosion that sent her body hurling out of the stall. You don’t need to know the details of her injuries to understand the extent of her grievances. Some forms of suffering are better left to the imagination, especially if the aggressor was a literal stink bomb. She sued the building’s landlords for anxiety, pain, and medical expenses, but it’s hard to determine which party was truly at fault without more information. IT’S RAINING CATS AND DOLLARS You can’t predict the weather, no matter what your weather app says, but some people tend to forget that. A few years ago, an Israeli weatherman was faced with
a lawsuit by a woman who claimed his inaccurate forecast caused her a great deal of suffering. She claimed he misrepresented a particularly harsh day in the forecast, and it encouraged her to wear insufficient layers that left her health to the whim of the elements. As a result, the woman caught the flu from the downpour and missed work for four days. Citing lost income, large medication costs, and tremendous anxiety, she sought reparations from the fraudulent weatherman and was amazingly awarded a four-figure settlement!
HOW FRYE LAW GROUP CAN ALTER YOUR LIFE FOR THE BETTER
SMALL CHANGES THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
While the team at Frye Law Group has had the great fortune of helping many young people with big life-altering cases throughout this summer, not all cases feature those intense and impassioned courtroom scenes you witness when watching films in your living room. Sometimes, making a difference in our clients’ lives requires only a small change of circumstances, such as a pretrial release or an early termination for probation.
meaning that only one side has presented their case to a judge, and you possibly spent 24 hours in jail. You may have also been ordered to stay away from certain family members or someone with whom you had a child. In cases like these, the law provides for a hearing within 10 days. While all these changes are difficult to take, one of the most overlooked is the last one: waiting 10 days for a hearing. For many people, this means they have to find a new place to live for a week and a half. Even if your spouse or partner wants you to come back to your shared house/apartment, by law, you can’t. How many people would have no place to go, no roof over their heads, and no bed to sleep in if they were ordered away from their current living space for 10 days? Most places don’t allow you to rent by the month, so, if your case goes on longer than expected (which can easily happen), where are you supposed to go? Small changes in circumstances, like ensuring your trial happens when it’s meant to, is how we can dramatically alter a client’s life for the better, even if it’s in a small way. Facing a criminal charge is both terrifying and frustrating, and we want you to know we are here to stand and fight alongside you. Call our office at (770) 919- 9525 to see how we can change your life today!
Take domestic violence charges, for example. While this practice area is certainly serious, and we would never condone physical or emotional abuse in any way, there are many cases brought before us that
stemmed from nothing more than a heated argument. If you are facing domestic violence charges, you are fighting a battle on two fronts. You probably saw the results of the civil action first. A temporary ex-parte order may have been issued,
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