$847K Jury Award to Woman for Serious Injury Due to Fall on Ice
By Dean I. Weitzman, Esq. on January 18th, 2015
A woman who slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk in front of her Philadelphia apartment building as she was leaving her building on Feb. 1, 2011, has been awarded an $847,362 jury verdict to compensate her for severe injuries and a bone dislocation from the icy fall.
The victim, Angelit Barnes, was leaving her building at the Campus Apartments in Philadelphia early that morning when she fell and suffered a severe fracture and dislocation of her right ankle that caused a bone to go through her skin, according to a Dec. 23 story in The Legal Intelligencer. The sidewalk was covered in ice at the time of her fall, the story reported.
The negligence case was heard in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
“As a result of her injury, Barnes had to get surgery, including the placement of pins and screws into her bone” and a cast for three months, according to a plaintiff’s memo. “During rehabilitation of her ankle, the memo said, she began to develop left knee pain and an altered gait.”
She was still experiencing pain and discomfort in her ankle on her last visit to her orthopedic surgeon, the story reported. “According to the memo, she is unable to stand and walk more than three hours per day, and her surgeon said she will continue to need annual medical visits and anti-inflammatory medication as a result of the injury.”
Based on the testimony and facts in the case, the jury awarded Barnes $762,200 for pain and suffering, $47,362 for medical expenses and $37,800 for lost earnings, the story reported.
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