$275,000 Settlement for Slip and Fall at Shoe Store

$275,000 settlement to a 68 year old woman who fell down a small granite landing exiting a midtown New York shoe store. The plaintiff claimed that the stair design created an illusion that the granite landing was all one level. We retained an engineer that explained that shallow and short risers on the steps did create an illusion and argued that a handrail wasn’t present as well. Plaintiff sustained a trimalleolar fracture and dislocation that required an open reduction, internal fixation of the leg.