$220,000.00 Jury Verdict For Woman Who Falls From Loading Dock
Case Summary:
Amount: $220,000Court: Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Date: July 18, 2007
Plaintiff's Counsel: Andrew R. Young
Description: Premise Liability
Plaintiff
was a business invitee who sustained serious injuries as a result of falling four
feet to the ground after passing through an unmarked warehouse garage door at the
defendant’s facility. The door that she fell from was used by the defendant as a
loading dock for delivery trucks. Next to the loading dock door is another garage
door used for pedestrian ingress and egress and equipped with a ramp. From plaintiff’s
perspective from inside the defendant’s facility, the two garage doors appeared
to be identical meaning both equipped with a ramp. Defendant failed to keep the
overhead door for the dock closed and failed to post a warning to alert pedestrians
that, although the garage doors looked virtually identical, one was equipped with
a walking ramp while the other led to a dangerous four foot drop off. Plaintiff
suffered a calcaneus (heel) fracture requiring surgical repair. More
