$900,000 Settlement: Fall from Unmarked Platform

$900,000 for an 81-year-old man, who fell from a raised and unmarked platform floor, and fractured his hip while attending a wedding in a commercial Manhattan loft space. In contradicting the defendant’s argument that the raised platform was safe for patrons, plaintiff retained an expert engineer who opined that the raised floor was built without proper permits from the New York City Department of Buildings and did not comply with New York City Building Codes which required handrails that could have prevented the accident.