On October 13, 2017 a settlement of $175,000 was reached in this slip and fall case.
On March 19, 2014 Plaintiff, a 36 year old male slipped and fell while exiting a bar in lower Manhattan. As he excited the bar on this rainy night after consuming several beers he slipped and fell in the entry/exit way which was composed of diamond-patterned metal plate partially covered by a rug. He claimed that the exposed portion of the metal plate was slippery when wet and thus the cause of his fall.
As a result of his fall, Plaintiff suffered proximal fibula and distal tibial diametaphyseal fractures requiring open reduction internal fixation.