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Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)
Construction Accident
Trip and Fall

Roda Boyarsky v. Edwardo De Jesus Delgado, et al.

Published: Nov. 18, 1995 | Result Date: Nov. 6, 1995 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: SC18935 –  $0

Judge

Judith O. Stein

Court

L.A. Superior Beverly Hills


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Philip K. Kaufler


Defendant

Donna M. Maryanski
(Mark Weiner & Associates)

John V. Gaule


Facts

On October 7, 1991, Plaintiff Roda Boyarsky, a 53-year-old piano teacher, tripped and fell over a garden hose lying across the sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. The property across the street from this accident site was an apartment complex construction site.

Settlement Discussions

Defendants contend they made no offers and Plaintiff demanded $50,000.

Specials in Evidence

$10,612 $87,360 $5,000 to $10,000

Injuries

Although not introduced to the jury in this bifurcated liability-only phase of trial, Plaintiff claimed the following: lumbar spine sprain requiring physical therapy; right wrist carpal tunnel syndrome requiring future surgery; right elbow contusion.

Deliberation

not disclosed

Poll

10-2

Length

4 days


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