Premises Liability Lawsuit Verdicts & Settlements

Premises Liability Accidents

• Premises Liability case involving an 8 year old child who fell off staircase that had deficient and non-code compliant hand rail which was out of code. Child suffered internal injuries requiring hospitalization but no surgery. Case settled prior to litigation.
• Premises liability litigation involving an elderly woman who was struck by merchandise displayed outside at a major grocery store. Client suffered fractured hip which required surgical intervention and prolonged hospital stay. Defendant denied liability due to client assuming the risk for visiting the grocery store. Case settled a month before trial for a six figure settlement.
• Business Negligence - Negligence action against nightclub: Case tried to jury resulting in plaintiff verdict in excess of $100,000.
• Local Private High School Negligence Causing Skull Fracture/Brain Injury - Case involved a 17 year old senior attending the High School who was allegedly asked by a janitor while attending Gym class to help move a 1,000 lb multi-weight machine. Four students including Plaintiff were asked to help put machine on small rolling dolly which got caught on an object on the floor and tipped over on Plaintiff causing skull fracture. Plaintiff had immediate brain surgery where four plates were inserted inside Plaintiffs' skull. Plaintiff recovers but suffers from cognitive deficits and facial scarring. Case worked up by firm which included, a neuropsychiatric evaluation, neuropsychological testing and evaluation, vocational rehabilitation evaluation, and review by economist. Complaint filed but case settles before litigation commences for substantial sum subject to confidentiality agreement.

Slip and Fall Injuries

• Elderly patient hospitalized with a fall. Risk was documented in record. Suffers fall while hospitalized, ultimately resulting in death. Confidential settlement prior to litigation.
• Slip & Fall Accident - Client, elderly client from California, who slipped and fell on puddle of water down uncarpeted stairs at Denver's Adams Mark Hotel. Client represented by Daniel P. Gerash, then of Gerash, Prugh, & Gerash, P.C. litigated case through trial and appeal. Defendant Adams Mark Hotel offered client $5,000 to settle at settlement conference during litigation. Case went to trial and Denver District Court Jury awarded client in excess of $230,000 plus interest. Defendant Adams Mark appealed. Attorney, Daniel P. Gerash orally argued case in Colorado Court of Appeals which upheld the verdict. Bigley v. Adams Mark.
• Icy Stairs-Slip & Fall - Case involving 30 year old man who slipped down icy stairs at his apartment complex after having complained to management for a year to fix a leaky drain pipe above the staircase. Case settled for a confidential amount prior to trial to compensate client for permanent back injury which, pre-existed his accident, but was not symptomatic.
• Unsafe Stairway - Client, retired in his mid-sixties, fell down unlit stairs at a Denver nightclub resulting in surgery to knee. Case settled for confidential amount prior to trial.

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