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Favorable Verdict
Summary:
On January 25, 2003, at 12:30 p.m., Plaintiff was walking down an aisle in Defendant's store in Orlando when she allegedly slipped and fell on a puddle of blue liquid laundry detergent. Plaintiff fell onto the tile floor landing on her back. She sued the store on a theory of premises liability, claiming that store employees were negligent for not discovering and cleaning the spill. Defendant defended on the basis that Plaintiff was at fault because she should have seen the blue puddle and that its employees had followed Defendant's reasonable procedures regarding inspections.Plaintiff's lowest pre-suit demand was $ 100,000; at the close of the evidence at trial, Plaintiff asked the jury for $ 75,000. Plaintiff's Motions for New Trial and Additur were denied by the judge. Read More
