SLIP AND FALL SETTLEMENTS

Bucks County PA                    $212,500.00

A Perkasie, PA slip and fall victim settled his case for $212,500.00.  A couple bought a home in Perkasie.  The hill next to their house was very steep and the developer ignored their request that it be re-graded.  As the Perkasie resident was cutting the hill, he slipped and his right foot went under the lawn mower.

The Bucks County slip & fall victim’s four toes werepartially amputated and he was rushed to Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, PA.  Surgery was performed to stabilize the amputated toes and save as much of the digits as possible.  The Perkasie resident had a lot of trouble walking after his release from the hospital.  A tarsal tunnel release surgery was performed at North Penn Hospital in Lansdale, PA.

Although the surgery did improve his ability to walk, the Lansdale surgeon informed the Perkasie resident that he would have permanent nerve damage.  Unfortunately, the developer’s insurance company claimed that the homeowner’s negligence caused the tragedy because of the way he cut the hill and his choice of footwear.

Attorney Newell did not accept their claim of comparative negligence by the victim and quickly filed a lawsuit in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas in Doylestown, PA.  After Depositions were taken and the case was listed for trial, the Bucks County Pennsylvania slip and fall lawyer obtained a $212,500.00 settlement for the Perkasie resident.

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Monroe County PA                    $87,500.00

A Monroe County PA fall down case was concluded with an $87,500.00 settlement payment.  An elderly woman was at a Stroudsburg area car dealership.  While talking to the salesperson, she became distracted and fell over the edge of the front stairs.  A dangerous condition existed since there were no railings to prevent such a fall.

The Stroudsburg PA fall victim was taken by ambulance to Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg PA.  X-rays showed that she had multiple fractures to her right tibia and fibula.  After her admission to Pocono Medical Center, she was operated on by a Pocono Mts. orthopaedic surgeon.  The surgery was described as an open reduction and internal fixation of the right tibial plateau.  Two plates with screws were used to stabilize the fractures.

After her discharge from the hospital, she went to the Stroud Manor in Stroudsburg for a week of recuperation and specialized care.  Once the Monroe County resident returned home, a visiting nurses’ association from the Poconos provided her with ongoing care for several months.  She was left with a permanent scar on her knee.  The Stroudsburg Pennsylvania slip and fall attorney was pleased to obtain an $87,500.00 settlement for the Poconos personal injury victim.

Montgomery County PA                    $80,000.00

A Montgomery County PA slip & fall case settled for $80,000.00.  A man was walking out of an office complex by Route 202 when he slipped and fell on black ice.  Snow that was piled up on a grassy area near the entrance had melted and ran across the pedestrian walking area.

The negligent landlord did not put salt or cinders down and the water froze over.  There was a lack of adequate lighting and no warning signs.  The pedestrian landed on his right shoulder/right arm.  He was in extreme pain and was transported to Mercy Suburban Memorial Hospital.  The Pottstown PA slip and fall victim was diagnosed with a right shoulder anterior-inferior labral tear.

Surgery was performed at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.  His surgeon performed a right shoulder arthroscopy with anterior-inferior repair and a subacromial decompression.  Once there was a full recovery, the Montgomery County PA slip and fall lawyer obtained an $80,000.00 settlement for his injured client.

**Past settlements/verdicts obtained by Attorney Thomas J. Newell in other PA slip and fall cases were evaluated according to their specific facts.  They do not guarantee a specific result in your Pennsylvania slip & fall case.

Northampton County PA                    $75,000.00

A Bethlehem, PA trip and fall victim obtained a $75,000.00 payout due to a fall at an Easton, PA grocery store.  As she turned a corner, the Bethlehem resident’s foot hit some empty boxes which an employee had negligently discarded at the end of an aisle.  After her fall, x-rays taken at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA showed a displaced left humerus surgical neck fracture.

The Lehigh Valley trip & fall victim was admitted to St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem.  Surgery was performed – an open reduction andinternal fixation of the fracture site with the installation of rods.  Once the fracture site had healed, the Bethlehem resident endured nearly 20 painful physical therapy sessions with a Lehigh Valley specialist.  Shortly thereafter, the Bethlehem Pennsylvania trip and fall attorney negotiated a $75,000.00 payment for his client.

Lehigh County PA                    $70,000.00

A Lehigh County Pennsylvania trip & fall victim received a $70,000.00 payment after being hurt at a Lehigh Valley grocery store.   The elderly woman was entering the store when the automatic door opener malfunctioned causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground.  The x-rays obtained at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA indicated that she had a broken hip.

The Lehigh Valley trip and fall victim was hospitalized for 7 days to recuperate after surgery on her fractured hip.   She was discharged to Good Shepherd Rehabilitation in Allentown, PA where she received 11 more days of treatment.  Her Allentown orthopaedist monitored her condition, as did a Lehigh Valley area Visiting Nurses Association.  The Lehigh Valley trip and fall lawyer obtained a $70,000.00 settlement within a matter of months after being hired.

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Northampton County PA                    $60,000.00

A Bethlehem Pennsylvania slip & fall victim obtained a $60,000.00 payout after a fall on a sidewalk in Bethlehem.  A woman was about to enter the building where she worked when she slipped and fell on snow and ice that had negligently been left to accumulate on the sidewalk.

Initial medical care for her shoulder injury was rendered at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem.  She treated with a Lehigh Valley physiatrist but the physical therapy did not improve her condition.  An MRI was taken which showed an impingement syndrome and a partial rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder.

The Northampton County PA slip and fall victim was operated on by a Bethlehem surgeon who performed an arthroscopic acromioplasty and an arthroscopic subacromial decompression.  A lawsuit was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, Pennsylvania against the contractor whose duty it was to perform snow & ice removal at the facility.

During the course of discovery, Attorney Newell proved that hills and ridges existed at the time of his client’s fall.  This evidence established that the negligent condition existed for a lengthy period of time.  The Bethlehem PA slip and fall attorney settled the lawsuit for $60,000.00.

Lehigh County PA                    $60,000.00

A Lehigh Valley, PA slip and fall victim settled his claim for $60,000.00 after a fall at a Lehigh Valley truck depot.  The trucker got out of his rig to inspect the rear of the trailer when he slipped on black ice. There was minimal lighting in the area and no one had placed any salt or cinders in the area even though 2 other truckers had previously fallen there.

The Lehigh County resident sustained a fractured coccyx, as well as a low back disc herniation.  A Bethlehem, PA doctor prescribed epidural steroid injections which were administered at a Quakertown medical facility.  A Lehigh Valley physical therapist put him thru a rigorous exercise regimen to rehabilitate his low back.

The Lehigh County Pennsylvania slip and fall attorney negotiated a $60,000.00 settlement with the insurance companies for the snow removal company and the property owner.

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Bucks County PA                    $50,000.00

A Bucks County, Pennsylvania trip and fall victim obtained a $50,000.00 payout after a fall at a building complex.  Inexplicably, there was a large boulder by the edge of a parking lot. The area had previously been illuminated by 5 separate lights. Several months before the trip and fall, the Bucks County property owner had disconnected the 5 lights and replaced them with one large light which illumination was partially blocked by a large evergreen tree.

One evening the Bucks County resident parked her car and as she walked to a nearby sidewalk, her foot hit the boulder and she fell to the ground. The doctors at Grand View Hospital in Sellersville, PA diagnosed her knee injury as a ruptured medial collateralligament. Surgery was required and she underwent an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Attorney Newell used photographs of the scene to prove the dangerous condition of the parking lot.  The Bucks County PA trip and fall attorney settled the case for $50,000.00.

Northampton County PA                    $50,000.00

A Northampton County Pennsylvania slip & fall victim received a $50,000.00 settlement after a fall at a Lehigh Valley bar/restaurant.  It was snowing and sleeting as he was leaving the building.  He slipped while walking down the ramp and his right leg was pinned beneath him.  The Lehigh Valley slip and fall victim was treated at Easton Hospital for a displaced distal fibular fracture.

Surgery was required for the broken leg – an open reduction and internal fixation.  The Northampton County resident developed a deep vein thrombosis.  Medications, including Coumadin, were used to break up the blood clot.   Once his medical care concluded, he was left with a permanently reduced range of motion in his right ankle.

The insurance companies representing the property owner and the business both denied legal responsibility by claiming that the Pennsylvania slip & fall victim was to blame for the fall. Attorney Newell filed a lawsuit in Northampton County and took the depositions of the owners and their employees.

The Lehigh Valley slip & fall lawyer proved that the roof was inadequately constructed since it did not provide adequate cover for the only entrance into the building. The employees’ testimony was so contradictory that it permitted Attorney Newell to argue that the defendants could not prove they had actually salted and cleared the ramp.  Soon thereafter, the Northampton County PA slip and fall attorney negotiated a $50,000.00 settlement amount.

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Lehigh County PA                    $50,000.00

An Allentown PA slip and fall accident resulted in a $50,000.00 payout.  A truck driver was delivering product for a Lehigh County company. After she had unloaded and parked her rig, she went to the rear of the trailer to check her equipment. The driver slipped and fell after encountering hills and ridgesof snow and ice that had built up in the parking lot throughout the day.

The doctors at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown PA diagnosed her injuries as a comminuted displaced fracture of the patella and a torn patella tendon.  An Allentown, PA surgeon performed surgery which included an open reduction and internal fixation of the patella and a repair of the torn patella tendon. The Lehigh County slip & fall victim used a knee immobilizer with no weight-bearing on her injured leg for 2 months post surgery.

Attorney Newell filed a lawsuit versus the property owner, as well as the Northampton County snow removal company that was contracted to perform snow removal duties at the site.  After the parties’ depositions were taken, a mediation session was held in Easton, Pennsylvania.  The Allentown Pennsylvania slip and fall lawyer obtained a $50,000.00 settlement which the truck driver gladly accepted.

Monroe County PA                    $30,000.00

An East Stroudsburg, PA slip and fall victim received $30,000.00 after a fall in a grocery store on Rt. 611 near Stroudsburg PA.  As the Monroe County resident was walking through the produce aisle, she slipped and fell on a wet leaf of lettuce that had been dropped by a store employee who was stocking shelves.  The physicians at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania treated her for low back injuries.

The Poconos slip & fall victim was referred to a Stroudsburg area neurologist. An MRI of her lumbar spine showed that she had a herniated disc. An EMG provided an additional diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy. The East Stroudsburg resident received nerve block injections and physical therapy.  Once her medical care ended, the Monroe County Pennsylvania slip and fall attorney negotiated a $30,000.00 payment for the personal injury victim.

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Monroe County PA                    $27,500.00

A Monroe County PA slip & fall victim obtained a $27,500.00 settlement after a fall at a Poconos business.  While making a delivery, he slipped on water and wet soggy cardboard residue that had been negligently left on the floor which clogged up a drain.  As the Monroe County resident was falling to the concrete floor, he instinctively put out his left hand to break his fall.

The Poconos slip and fall victim had an x-ray of his left hand taken at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, PA.   He suffered a displaced fracture of his left thumb.  Even though a cast was placed on his left hand, the fracture site did not heal correctly.  Surgery was required – an open reduction and internal fixation of the left thumb.

The defense adjuster alleged that the PA slip & fall victim didn’t look where he was walking.  He also disputed the description of the scene of the fall.  Attorney Newell obtained eyewitness testimony from one of the workers in the plant which substantiated the Pocono Mts. resident’s version of the facts.  The Stroudsburg Pennsylvania slip & fall lawyer obtained a $27,500.00 settlement for his client.

Northampton County PA                    $26,000.00

A Northampton County PA slip and fall victim received a $26,000.00 settlement after a fall at a Lehigh Valley roller rink.  A group had rented out a local roller rink.  As the woman began to skate, her rented roller skates locked and she lost her balance after encountering a warped and uneven portion of the wooden rink.  There had been a leak in the roof and the floor had not been repaired prior to its use by the church group.

She was taken to Easton Hospital where x-rays showed that she had 2 fractures of her right wrist.  She wore a cast for nearly 2 months and also underwent 15 sessions of physical therapy and chiropractic manipulations for her low back pain.  After her broken wrist had healed, the Northampton County slip and fall lawyer obtained a $26,000.00 settlement for the L.V. personal injury victim.

Northampton County PA                    $21,000.00

An Easton PA trip & fall victim accepted a $21,000.00 settlement after she fell while walking on the sidewalk near her Easton home.  She tripped and fell on the concrete sidewalk in front of her neighbor’s home.  X-rays taken of her right hand at Easton Hospital 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 Northampton County PA trip and fall victim received physical therapy at Easton Hospital for the 2 broken bones in her right wrist.  Once her Wilson orthopaedist discharged her, Attorney Newell began settlement negotiations with her neighbor’s homeowner’s insurance company.

The defense adjuster argued that there were 3 reasons why the Easton resident was at fault for the trip and fall accident: (1) a daytime fall with perfect visibility; (2) she was very familiar with the sidewalk in front of her neighbor’s home and, (3) if it really was a dangerous condition, why hadn’t she fallen there before?

The Pennsylvania trip and fall attorney successfully argued that the 3″ height differential between the concrete slabs was very significant.  This defective condition clearly existed for a long time which provided the homeowner with many opportunities to fix it.  Attorney Newell also noted that an application of a small patch would have been a simple and effective way to make the sidewalk safe.  The Easton Pennsylvania trip and fall lawyer obtained a $21,000.00 payout from the Defendant’s homeowner’s insurance company.

Lehigh County PA                    $20,693.00

An Allentown Pennsylvania slip and fall victim agreed to a $20,693.00 settlement after he fell at his apartment complex.  The Lehigh Valley resident was taking some trash to the outside receptacle when he slipped and fell on black ice.  A snow plow contractor had pushed snow to an area above the trash dumpster.

During the day, the snow melted, ran down in front of the dumpster and then froze after the sun went down.  The gentleman received medical care at Sacred Heart Hospital for a dislocated shoulder.  His injury was monitored by a Lehigh Valley area orthopaedic surgeon.

The Allentown PA slip & fall attorney negotiated with insurance representatives for the apartment complex and the snow removal contractor and obtained a total payout of $20,693.00.

Northampton County PA

A Slate Belt slip and fall accident occurred in Pen Argyl PA when a woman was leaving her apartment.  The landlord had let an accumulation of snow and ice build up after a snowstorm and she fell on the sidewalk breaking her left leg.

The Northampton County Pennsylvania slip and fall victim was taken by ambulance to Easton Hospital.  She had a left tibia fracture and a left fibula fracture.  Her Lehigh Valley orthopaedic doctor placed her in a full leg cast.  A Bangor PA family doctor prescribed medication for the blood clot which developed in her left leg.

The insurance company for the property owner refused to settle the case.  The Lehigh Valley slip & fall attorney filed a lawsuit in Northampton County, litigated the claim at the Arbitration Hearing held in Easton PA and, thereafter obtained a settlement for the Slate Belt resident.

Northampton County PA

A Bethlehem PA fall down victim was injured when a handrail pulled apart from the stairway as he was entering his apartment.  The fall on the concrete stairs resulted in a comminuted displaced fracture of his left humerus.  He was examined at the emergency room of St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem.  A Lehigh Valley orthopaedic specialist provided follow-up care for the broken arm.

Since the landlord’s insurance company would not make a settlement offer, Attorney Newell filed a lawsuit in Northampton County.  After the depositions of the tenant and landlord were taken, the Bethlehem PA trip and fall lawyer successfully argued that the poor condition of the handrail put the landlord on notice that repairs were required.  The Northampton County PA personal injury claim ended with a settlement a short time later.

DISCLAIMER

Since 1981, Thomas Newell has represented PA slip and fall victims.  The settlement value of each Pennsylvania trip & fall or slip & fall case varies.  Important factors include the specific injuries of the Pennsylvania slip and fall victim, the negligent condition of the property and the prior knowledge of that condition by the business or homeowner.

Attorney Thomas Newell provides the content of this website for your information 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 changing. You are strongly advised to hire a slip and fall attorney licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania.