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

Miller v. Costco Companies Inc.

Published: Sep. 23, 2000 | Result Date: Jul. 21, 2000 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 227195 Verdict –  $0

Judge

Al Girolami

Court

Stanislaus Superior


Attorneys

Plaintiff

Randall E. Strauss
(Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer APC)


Defendant

Diane E. Baylor


Experts

Plaintiff

Edward Auen
(medical)

Jonathan M. Cohen
(medical)

Defendant

Gary M. Hesler
(technical)

Jean Eelma
(medical)

Facts

On May 9, 1998, the plaintiff, a 65-year-old customer service representative, tripped and fell after tangling her
feet in plastic straps on the floor of the office supply aisle at Costco.

Specials in Evidence

$23,477 $22,836

Injuries

Bilateral rotator cuff tears, abrasions, contusions, soreness to both knees and right arm and reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

Deliberation

one day

Length

five days


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