$140,000 Settlement for Trip and Fall on Sidewalk

$140,000 was awarded to a Harlem man who tripped over a raised sidewalk flag and suffered a dislocated shoulder. Doctors tried unsuccessfully to perform a closed reduction to get the shoulder back into position. Thereafter, they tried a closed reduction under traction, again without success. Finally, they performed surgery (Bankart repair/anterior capsulorraphy) to reposition the shoulder and counter the instability.