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Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Negligent Maintenance

Sisay Mekonnen v. Levine Property Management

Published: Dec. 2, 2003 | Result Date: Sep. 12, 2003 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: BC279759 Verdict –  $110,000

Judge

Kenneth R. Freeman

Court

L.A. Superior Central


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Feriedoun A. Koushan
(Koushan Law Center)


Defendant

Josiah C. Boggs IV
(Kirk & Myers)


Experts

Plaintiff

David Chang
(medical)

Defendant

Bradley R. Rosenberg M.D.
(medical)

Facts

Plaintiff Sisay Mekonnen, 38, was living in an apartment managed by defendant Levine Property Management. In August 2001, the plaintiff arrived home and found her kitchen sink had flooded. The water was soaking the kitchen and living room floor. The plaintiff attempted to transfer the water with a bucket to her toilet bowl. As a result of spillage in the bathroom, the plaintiff slipped and fell, feeling a pop in her right knee.

Injuries

The plaintiff suffered a tear in the tissue of her right knee, requiring arthroscopic surgery.

Deliberation

four hours

Poll

10-2

Length

four days


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