Recently in Slip and Fall Category

An elevator accident death was reported at the offices of Young & Rubicam. Suzanne Hart, a 41-year-old sales executive at the advertising firm, stepped onto a waiting elevator and before she was able to fully enter the elevator shot up like a bullet.

With half her body in the elevator, and half her body out, Hart got stuck between the elevator cab and wall and was killed, reports the New York Post.

A Manhattan judge is allowing a personal injury claim to proceed despite arguments from the defense that the case should be dismissed because the elderly blind woman did not see what caused her injuries.

Gloria Clark, an 84-year-old blind woman from Manhattan, was being led on a walk by a dog trainer when she stumbled on what she said was a small step and went flying. The elderly woman landed on her right side and fractured her femur. She needed a full hip replacement, reports the New York Post.

Slip and fall accidents happen when an individual slips or trips, falls, and gets injured on the property of another person. Businesses, like local shops or grocery stores, may commonly face slip and fall allegations when customers claim they have slipped and suffered injuries due to potentially dangerous conditions in the store, like a wet floor or poor lighting.

Supermarkets often face the risk of customers hurting themselves when foods have fallen or spilled on the floor. But for four New York City D'Agostino supermarkets, this doesn't seem to be a problem anymore. According to The New York Times, these stores are now fully carpeted just like many NY hotel lobbies or movie theatres.

The Associated Press reports that Anderson Cooper is being sued by his interior designer for a fall that she suffered while she was at his Greenwich Village firehouse. Mr. Cooper, the anchor of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN, bought the former firehouse located at 84 West Third Street in New York City in 2006. He has not yet filed renovation plans with New York City, however, he had hired the 29-year-old woman to help with the designs. Mr. Cooper was planning on transforming the firehouse into a home.

The New York Post reports that the designer stepped into an uncovered hole where the fire pole used to be, and she fell 17 feet. As a result of the fall on September 22, the victim is claiming that she now suffers from severe and permanent injuries. Those injuries, however, were not described by her New York injury lawyer.

In the case of a student suing her high school softball coach, Brown, for not properly teaching her how to slide, Alina Cerda, 15, is also suing the city. She claims that Brown's poor lesson resulted in her breaking her ankle while sliding in the mud.

Could this become a slip and fall case? This would be a tricky one to prove since the entire purpose of a slide is to fall. Plus, if the city is found at fault for a slip and fall, then would the coach would be completely off the hook since no amount of training would have made a difference?

Since it has not been specified yet, we can only guess. The most likely reason that the city is involved is because of the condition of the field.

In Long Island, Edward Matos is lucky to be alive after a cesspool opened up below his feet and dropped him into chest-deep sludge. ABC 7 reports that if it wasn't for his older children, who pulled him out as quickly as possible, Matos could have succumbed to the methane gas.

If this had been another scenerio, such as if it had been a neighbor who fell in, would they be able to file a personal injury claim against the Matos family?

So a guy and a dog walk into a bar. Then the guy trips over the dog and sues the restaurant for damages to his sex life.

The man's New York injury attorney doesn't think it's that funny either.

The 81-year-old Irving Grossman was in Austin's Steak and Ale House when he claims that an "unleashed Pomeranian" made him injure his knee. Wearing the brace for two months is what caused the downfall of his sex life. Now he is suing for personal injury.