Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases
Personal Injury
Premises Liability: The Slip and Fall
Workers' Compensation
Vehicle and Automobile Accidents
Attorney
Staff
Blog Category:

Premises Liability: The Slip and Fall

    5/23/2008
    James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
    Comments (0)

    City hit with $3.8M verdict for woman's pothole fall

    A jury awarded $3.8 million to a woman who sustained a fractured hip after stepping into a pothole at a Bronx intersection. Janie Utsey, 77 at the time of the October 2002 incident, alleged that the pothole developed after city workers failed to properly seal a prior gap in the road. She claimed that the gap reopened during the 17 months that preceded her injury. The city contended that the hole was connected to the cement platform of a bus stop and that, as such, it could not be filled in the conventional manner that Utsey had suggested. It also challenged Utsey's credibility by noting that she had provided differing accounts of the incident, but the jury was not swayed.

    Get the full report on Utsey v. City N.Y. from Verdict Search here.

    Labels: government negligence premise liability slip and fall verdict


There are no comments.

Post a comment

Post a Comment to "City hit with $3.8M verdict for woman's pothole fall"

To reply to this message, enter your reply in the box labeled "Message", hit "Post Message."

Username:*

Password:*

Register for an account

Message:

Notify me of follow-up comments via email.

For security purposes, please enter the text in the graphic below: [hit F5 if you can not read the text]

Quick Contact

Name:

Phone:

Email:

(We do not share or sell your email)

Tell us more:


Carroll & Carroll, P.C.
100 Center Street
Athens, PA 18810
Phone: (570) 882-8683


Get Directions

Map / Directions


©2009 Carroll & Carroll, P.C., All Rights Reserved, Reproduced with Permission
The Best in Website Design for Attorneys, Attorney Web Blogs That Work, Attorney Search Engine Optimization, Optimized Video Services for Lawyers and Update Your Website Yourself
by Foster Web Marketing - The Best Attorney Website Design & Hosting Firm
Get SEO Tips from The Attorney Internet Marketing Blog