Personal Injury (Non-Vehicular)
Premises Liability
Stairs
Confidential
Settlement – $125,000Court
L.A. Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Defendant
Facts
On Dec. 13, 1993, the plaintiff was injured when a stair on which she was walking collapsed. This was the only staircase that existed for ingress and egress to plaintiffs apartment on the second floor. As plaintiff descended the stairs, the second stair from the top collapsed beneath her feet, causing her to fall between the remaining stairs straight down approximately 15 feet and landing on the ground. The plaintiff hit the ground first with her mid back, then her head, and then the rest of her body.
Specials in Evidence
$24,000
Other Information
The case settled on the day the case was ordered into trial.
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