Author: Dan Engel

The swimming season is still some time away, yet the first claims related to swimming pool accidents that occurred last summer have already begun arriving at our office. Due to the high number of accidents occurring in swimming pools—some of them fatal—and in light of the large number of laws, regulations, orders, and court rulings on the matter, we have decided to dedicate this information page to the topic…

One of the areas that has significantly developed in recent years is tort claims against manufacturers of defective products. In many other cases, third-party notices are filed by a defendant—such as an employer or possessor of an item—against the product manufacturer, following an accident involving an employee or user of that product. In recent years, the number of such inquiries has been on the rise…

One of the most common workplace accidents involves employees being injured by machinery. There is a common misconception that in every such accident, the employer bears full responsibility. In this information page, we will show that the matter is not so simple or clear-cut. We will present examples from case law, from which it becomes evident that the employer is not always found…

Anyone who has raised children is well aware of how frequently injuries and accidents occur due to the playfulness and lack of caution of our children. Accidents happen in kindergartens, classrooms, during recess in the schoolyard, during sports lessons, on field trips, and more… But even at home, under their parents’ supervision, children are injured in accidents that are often difficult to prevent. And if we, as parents, sometimes fail…