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Settlement – $180,000Court
Marin Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Experts
Plaintiff
Stephen I. Rosen
(technical)
Robert D. Byers
(medical)
Facts
The plaintiff, a 43-year-old manager of a dental office, slipped and fell on a puddle of water at the entrance to the shopping mall. It had been raining for several days prior to the time of the accident.
Settlement Discussions
The case settled at mediation before Dan Kelly.
Specials in Evidence
$75,000 None
Injuries
The plaintiff alleged that she aggravated a pre-existing disc injury at L4-5/S-1 necessitating a diskectomy and fusion. The defendants were able to show that the plaintiff had continuing complaints and even epidural injections shortly before the accident. The plaintiff attempted to show that the aggravation of this pre-existing symptomatic condition was enough to change the plaintiff's lifestyle in terms of what she could and could not do notwithstanding, complaints up to the time of the injury in question.
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