Restaurant, Hospitality and Sporting Venues

Sheeley has extensive experience defending purveyors of food and hospitality against food-related lawsuits arising from service in private and institutional restaurants, as well as cafeterias, and defending operators of sporting facilities and other recreational activity centers.

We have experience with injuries arising from allegations of:

  • Food residue and other substances on floors
  • Customers ignoring floor care
  • Improper floor surfaces
  • Architectural anomalies
  • Foreign objects in food, including resultant dental and psychological claims
  • Food poisoning
  • Vendor accidents
  • Food delivery claims

Sheeley attorneys also have experience defending camps and operators of recreational activity centers, including:

  • Skating rinks
  • Basketball and racquetball courts
  • Swimming pools
  • Sports areas and stadiums

Sheeley attorneys understand the circumstances under which a written release obtained from a participant in a sporting event serves to immunize the operator from liability and when it does not.

Sheeley utilizes its deep bench of medical experts to fight damages in cases that cannot be dismissed on summary judgment.

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