Maria T. Aceves v. Empire Maintenance Company Inc., National Railroad Passenger Corporation dba Amtrak
Published: Dec. 12, 2009 | Result Date: Apr. 27, 2009 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: BC341454 Verdict – Defense
Court
L.A. Superior Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Philip W. Ganong
(Ganong Law Office)
Diana F. Esquivel
(Office of the Attorney General)
Defendant
Jeffrey A. Smith
(Declues, Burkett & Thompson LLP)
Facts
In October 2003, plaintiff Maria Aceves, a clerk at defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation, dba Amtrak, slipped and fell because of overflowing water in a Los Angeles Union Station bathroom. The plaintiff left work to care for her injuries and returned several months later in 2004. Later that year, she left work again for shoulder surgery. She returned again in 2005 until she finally left in August 2006, after alleging that her injuries never completely healed, thereby leaving her with chronic pain.
Injuries
The plaintiff claimed injuries to her neck, shoulders, back, arms, wrists, legs, and overall chronic pain.
Result
A jury returned a verdict for the defendant Amtrack.
Other Information
FILING DATE: Oct. 14, 2005.
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