Personal Injury Premises Liability
- In a slip and fall accident plaintiff claimed she slipped on a rough piece of paper and fell injuring the right side of her body. Defendant claimed the area had been cleaned 30 minutes prior to the accident and that she suffered from a pre-existing carpal tunnel syndrome.
- In a slip and fall accident on a private property plaintiff claimed that there was wet broken up pavement that caused him to fall. Defendant claimed trivial defect and that the defect was open and obvious.
- Slip and Fall in the rain. Plaintiff claimed that a dangerous condition in the sidewalk caused him to fall. Defendant claimed natural hazard and that plaintiff was drunk at the time of the accident and that he did not fall in the location where he claimed he fell.
- In a personal injury action by an Iranian American woman for a fall from the escalator, mediation failed because her husband and son who were the real decision makers in the case, were not involved in the process. Once the correct decision makers were brought to the table, the case was settled.
- In a slip and fall action plaintiff claimed that there were cleaning materials on the floor of a market and that an employee told him that someone else was supposed to clean it and he failed to do it. The plaintiff claimed a large amount of damages since he had received epidural injections and he would require surgery which had not been performed. The defendant claimed pre-existing condition and that since he has not done the surgery over the past three years after the accident, he would not do it in the future either.
- In a trip and fall accident, plaintiff claimed that she tripped and fell as a result of a metal cover on the surface of the parking lot that was about an inch lower than the surface of the parking lot. Defendant claimed that the injury occurred during the day, there was trivial defect, and it was open and obvious. Furthermore, her injuries were pre-existing.