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Slip and fall case at a bank

 

PREMISES LIABILITY

A woman alleged that the bank was responsible for her slip and fall because it allowed a build-up of snow and ice on its sidewalk. She alleged a permanent back injury, a fractured wrist, and carpal tunnel syndrome. A neurologist from the Cleveland Clinic testified that this 36 year-old woman was permanently disabled and would never work again.

Demand
$750,000

Offer
$175,000

Result
Defense verdict

Venue
Erie County

Judge
DiSantis

Attorney
Paul J. Walsh III

Tried
February 1998