$1M Settlement for Property Owner Negligence Causing Injuries

Our client was walking down the stairs of her apartment complex, located in Whittier, California, owned and maintained by the defendant.

Our client missed the last two stairs due to poor lighting and fell onto the floor. They sustained severe and debilitating injuries as a result of this incident.

As discussed below, the defendant failed to exercise ordinary care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition, actually and proximately causing our client resulting injuries.

Later, paramedic staff evaluated our client at the scene of the fall. Our client complained of pain in their left leg. Our client was moved to a gurney and transported via road transport without incident to the emergency department at Beverly Hospital, and their care was transferred to the waiting emergency department staff. They were diagnosed with a broken left fibula and needed a metal plate with 12 pins.