Pennsylvania Slip and Fall Lawyer

Since 1981, Attorney Newell has served the legal needs of slip and fall victims. Listed below are summaries of slip and fall cases that Attorney Newell has successfully settled. Of course, each slip and fall claim must be evaluated upon a variety of factors - including the age of the personal injury victim, their injuries, the negligent condition of the property and, the prior knowlege of that condition by the property owner and/or business in charge of its maintenance.

Northampton County, PA

$75,000.00

A Bethlehem, PA resident was a trip and fall victim while shopping at an Easton, PA grocery store. As she started to walk around the corner at the end of an aisle, she was confronted by a pile of boxes laying on the floor. A store employee had been stocking an end cap and had negligently discarded empty boxes in the path of pedestrians without placing any warning signs in the area!

The trip and fall victim's foot hit the boxes and she fell onto her left shoulder. She was rushed by ambulance to the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania. X-rays showed that she had a displaced left humerus surgical neck fracture. Her arm was placed in a sling and she came under the care of a Lehigh Valley orthopaedic specialist.

The personal injury victim was admitted to St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem. Initially, the surgeon tried to manipulate the fracture back into place. However, because of the severity of the injury, surgery was required - an open reduction and internal fixation of the fracture site with rods.

The trip and fall victim wore a sling for approximately 2 months after the surgery. She also went through nearly 20 sessions with a Lehigh Valley physical therapist. After her medical care had ended, her trip and fall lawyer obtained a $75,000.00 settlement for her pain and suffering, and her medical bills.

Lehigh County, PA

$70,000.00

A Lehigh County resident was shopping at a Lehigh Valley area grocery store when the automatic door opener malfunctioned.  The trip and fall victim was knocked to the ground, resulting in a fractured right hip.   The personal injury victim was taken by ambulance to the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA.

The elderly woman was admitted for seven days.  The fracture to her right hip was operated on by a specialist from Orthopaedic Associates of Allentown.  The trip and fall victim was discharged to Good Shepherd Rehabilitation in Allentown, PA where she received treatment for 11 more days.

A visiting nurse's association monitored the Lehigh Valley resident's recuperation from her surgery.  Meanwhile, her trip and fall lawyer was able to obtain a $70,000.00 settlement for her.

Lehigh County, PA

$60,000.00

On a cold February night, a trucker parked his rig at a Lehigh Valley depot to await shipping instructions. The driver got out of the truck to inspect the rear of his trailer when the slip and fall occurred on black ice. There was very little lighting in the area. Neither the bottling company nor the snow removal company had placed any salt or cinders in the area - even though two fellow truckers had previously fallen in the same general area.

The slip & fall victim was diagnosed as having sustained a fractured coccyx, as well as a low back disc herniation. A Bethlehem orthopaedic specialist recommended that he undergo physical therapy and a series of injections. Two epidural steroid injections were administered to the personal injury victim at a medical facility in Quakertown. A Lehigh Valley area physical therapist put him through a rigorous exercise regimen to rehabilitate his low back.

The slip and fall lawyer negotiated with the insurance company representatives for the snow removal company and the property owner. A $60,000.00 settlement was approved by the personal injury victim.

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Bucks County, PA

$50,000.00

A young lady was visiting a friend at his building complex. Inexplicably, there was a large boulder positioned directly on the edge of the parking lot by a path. The parking lot had previously been illuminated by five separate lights. Several months prior to the trip and fall, the Bucks County property owner had disconnected the 5 lights and replaced them with one larger light positioned on the other side of an evergreen tree!

The personal injury victim parked her car and as she got out, her foot hit the boulder and she fell on her side. The physicians at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, PA treated her for a ruptured medial collateral ligament. Her Bucks County orthopaedic specialist tried to treat the injury conservatively with p.t. and medication. Unfortunately, the trip & fall victim's condition worsened and she underwent an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction of her knee.

Attorney Newell forwarded all of the photographs of the scene, along with the medical records to the defense adjuster. A $50,000.00 payment to the personal injury victim was agreed upon.

Northampton County, PA

$50,000.00

A gentleman from the Lehigh Valley was leaving a bar/restaurant one January evening when it was snowing and sleeting. As the personal injury victim was walking down the ramp, he slipped and fell with his right leg pinned beneath him.

The slip and fall victim was treated at Easton Hospital for a displaced distal fibular fracture. The Lehigh Valley orthopaedic surgeon decided that surgery was the only option - an open reduction and internal fixation performed with the use of a syndesmotic screw.

Additionally, the slip & fall victim suffered from a deep vein thrombosis. A variety of medications, including Coumadin, were used to break up the blood clot. As a result of the injuries from the slip and fall, he was left with a diminished range of motion in his right ankle.

The insurance companies representing the property owner and the business establishment both denied legal responsibility for the slip and fall. Attorney Newell filed a lawsuit in Northampton County against all the responsible parties. He took the depositions of the owners and employees.

The slip & fall attorney proved that the roof was inadequately constructed since it did not provide appropriate cover for the only entrance into the building. The sworn testimony of the tenant's employees varied so greatly that it permitted Attorney Newell to argue that there were little to no efforts made to salt and clear the ramp. Shortly thereafter, a settlement amount of $50,000.00 was paid to the slip and fall victim.

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Lehigh County, PA

$50,000.00

A slip & fall accident occurred just outside of Allentown, PA when a truck driver was delivering her tractor-trailer full of product for a company in Lehigh County. After she had unloaded and parked her rig, she went to the rear of the trailer to check on a piece of equipment. The slip and fall occurred when the personal injury victim encountered hills and ridges of snow and ice that had been permitted to build up on the parking lot for an entire day.

The slip and fall victim was taken by ambulance to Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. An orthopaedic surgeon diagnosed her injuries as a comminuted displaced fracture of the patella and a torn patella tendon.

An Allentown, PA surgeon operated on her - with the surgery including open reduction and internal fixation of the patella, as well as a repair of the torn patella tendon. She remained as an inpatient at Lehigh Valley Hospital for 2 days. For the next two months, the personal injury victim was required to use a knee immobilizer with no weight-bearing on her injured leg.

Acting as her slip and fall lawyer, Attorney Newell presented a legal claim against the property owner, as well as the Northampton County company whose job it was to timely and properly perform snow removal duties on the site.

Settlement discussions were not fruitful and, therefore, Attorney Newell filed suit against the negligent corporations in Northampton County. After depositions took place, Attorney Newell negotiated with the lawyers for the Defendants in a mediation session held in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was successful in obtaining a $50,000.00 settlement for this slip and fall case.

Monroe County, PA

$30,000.00

An East Stroudsburg, PA resident sustained injuries in a slip and fall at a grocery store on Rt. 611 just above Stroudsburg, PA. As she was walking through the produce aisle, she slipped and fell to the floor. The slip and fall victim had been injured because a store employee had dropped some wet leaves of lettuce on the floor when he was placing produce onto the shelves.

The personal injury victim was taken to the Emergency Department of Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. She complained of severe low back pain. They gave her Percocet and advised her to seek follow-up medical care.

The slip and fall victim saw her family doctor in the Pocono Mts. who referred her to a Stroudsburg area neurologist. An MRI of her low back was performed which showed that she had sustained a herniated disc. An EMG was administered that provided an additional diagnosis of radiculopathy. The Monroe County resident received nerve block injections and physical therapy which seemed to alleviate her symptoms.

After the medical care ended, her slip and fall attorney obtained a $30,000.00 settlement offer which she accepted to settle her personal injury claim.

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Monroe County, PA

$27,500.00

A Pocono Mts. resident had a slip and fall accident while making a delivery to a local company. As he was walking inside the plant to get his shipping orders, he slipped on water and wet soggy cardboard residue on the floor. As the slip and fall victim was falling to the concrete floor, he put out his left hand.

The Monroe County resident was treated that evening at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. An x-ray showed that he had sustained a displaced fracture of his left thumb.

The thumb was placed in a cast. However, the fracture site did not heal properly and surgery was required. An open reduction and internal fixation of the left thumb fracture was performed by an orthopaedic surgeon. The slip & fall victim returned to Pocono Medical Center for occupational therapy.

Liability concerning the fall was hotly contested by the defense adjuster. Ultimately, Attorney Newell prevailed and obtained a significant settlement offer which the personal injury victim happily accepted.

Northampton County, PA

$21,000.00

A trip & fall accident occurred in Easton, PA when an elderly woman was walking on the sidewalk near her home.  The pedestrian accident victim tripped and fell on the concrete sidewalk and instinctively put out her right hand to try to break the fall.

The Easton, PA resident was immediately taken to Easton Hospital where x-rays of her right hand showed a comminuted and impacted intra-articular fracture of the distal end of the radius, as well as a fracture of the ulnar styloid process.

The trip and fall victim received physical therapy at Easton Hospital. An orthopaedic specialist from Wilson monitored her recuperation from the two broken bones in her right wrist. The fracture sites healed well and surgery was not required.

Initially, the defense adjuster representing the Defendant homeowner argued that there were three separate reasons as to why this accident was the fault of the trip and fall victim: (1) a daytime fall with perfect visability; (2) the fall occurred in front of her neighbor's home in an area with which she was greatly familiar and, (3) the victim herself had safely walked over the sidewalk many times in the past. As such, it couldn't be a dangerous condition.

Attorney Newell successfully argued that the 3" height differential between the concrete slabs was much more than a minor height difference. The trip and fall lawyer also noted that an application of a small patch would have been both simple to do and effective. Clearly, this homeowner had notice of the defective condition of their sidewalk and, with a minimum of effort, could have eliminated the problem altogether.

The personal injury victim was quite pleased with the settlement Attorney Newell was able to obtain for her.

Disclaimer

Attorney Thomas Newell provides the content of this website for informational purposes only. Nothing provided in this website should be interpreted as being legal advice. The laws in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania regarding personal injury law are constantly evolving and changing. You are strongly advised to hire a slip and fall lawyer licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania.