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Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)
Premises Liability
Slip and Fall

Wanda Dixon, et al v. Mrs. Gooch's Produce

Published: Jan. 27, 1996 | Result Date: Jan. 3, 1996 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: EC013674 –  $0

Judge

Charles W. Stoll

Court

L.A. Superior Glendale


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Alan E. Finestone


Defendant

Jodi F. Ossen


Facts

On March 7, 1993, the plaintiff wife, Wanda Dixon, a 60 year-old homemaker, was a customer in the defendant's, Mrs. Gooch's, grocery store. The plaintiff wife alleged that she slipped and fell on water which was on the floor in the produce department. The defendant's employees and other witnesses testified that they did not see any water. The plaintiff wife brought the action based on general negligence and premises liability theories of recovery. The plaintiff husband, Vern Dixon, brought this action for loss of consortium.

Settlement Discussions

The plaintiff demanded $150,000. The defendant offered $10,000.

Injuries

Fractured shoulder requiring subacromial decompression surgery to correct the left shoulder impingement syndrome.

Other Information

The verdict was reached approximately one year, eleven months and two weeks after the case was filed.

Deliberation

1 hour

Poll

10-2

Length

1 + days


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