Defense Verdict of No Liability

On January 16, 2020, Junior Partner Franklin Sato, Esq. obtained a defense verdict of no liability in a slip and fall matter styled Hossein Tabarestani v. Defendant Store. The demand at trial was $985,000.  This case arises out of an incident occurring on January 7, 2018 at the Defendant Wholesale Store in South Carolina. On that evening, Plaintiff was delivering a load of goods to the store when he slipped and fell on snow and ice in the loading dock. Earlier in the day both at the store and on Plaintiff’s route to the same, it had snowed in and around Bluffton, which accumulated on the ground. Immediately prior to his fall, Plaintiff had parked his truck and walked around the snow and ice that had accumulated on the ground for approximately 10 minutes while delivering his load. Plaintiff denies that he walked on the snow and ice prior to the incident. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant failed to remove the snow and ice and otherwise failed to maintain its loading dock in a reasonably safe condition. Read more