Confidential
Settlement – $642,500Court
San Francisco Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Michael Train Caldwell
(Caldwell Law Firm)
Defendant
Experts
Plaintiff
Gordon Bunker
(technical)
Edward M. Katz
(medical)
Carol R. Hyland M.A.
(technical)
Robert W. Johnson CPA
(technical)
Defendant
Milo D. Bell
(technical)
Charles R. Perry
(technical)
Facts
On August 27, 1992, Plaintiff, a 32-year-old framing superintendent in the course and scope of his employment, was on the second floor of a building under construction when he fell to the ground floor. He had stepped on some floor joists; the joists had been sawed through, left without a warning, and left without being secured.
Settlement Discussions
Offers and demands, exchanged prior to this result, were not disclosed.
Specials in Evidence
$68,000 $200,000 $30,000 possible
Injuries
Comminuted compound fracture of the right os calcis requiring open reduction with resultant subtalar arthritis which may require future subtalar fusion; fracture of the left os calcis requiring closed reduction with evidence of arthritis; T12 fracture which healed with some residual pain.
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