Icy

Jury Awards $1.4 Million to Man Injured in Icy Slip at Kansas Medical Center Garage

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Kansas City, KS – A Wyandotte County jury has ordered the University of Kansas Medical Center to pay $1.4 million to a Liberty man who suffered injuries from a slip-and-fall accident in a hospital parking garage on New Year’s Eve of 2020. The plaintiff, Douglas Dawson, claimed he slipped on ice formed from persistent leaks in the KUMC P2 parking garage, leading to serious injuries. The jury, concluding its deliberations in mid-November, agreed with Dawson’s assertion that the medical center was negligent, resulting in hazardous conditions. However, the jury also found Dawson 30% responsible for … Read more

Connecticut Jury Orders $308K Payout in Long-Running Icy Driveway Injury Lawsuit

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Milford, Connecticut – After a seven-year legal battle over a slip-and-fall incident on an icy driveway, a Connecticut jury has awarded $308,208 to Niomie Porretti, the plaintiff in the case. The central issue of the lawsuit, filed in January 2017, was determining the responsibility for ice removal at a residential property owned by Mirushe Gashi. Porretti asserted that she sustained injuries to her head, neck, back, and knees as a result of falling on ice hidden beneath snow on Gashi’s property. Her legal team introduced testimony from medical experts indicating that the falls’ impact would … Read more