Orlando Managing Partner Vicki Lambert, Esq, obtained a good result when the court granted Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in matter styled Meinert v Mulligan Constructors, et al. on May 22, 2020. The matter involved a slip and fall at a WAWA gas station wherein we represented the general contractor, Mulligan Constructors. Their  role was to pour the concrete for specific portions of the property. The plaintiff fell in one of those specific areas, alleging that the concrete did not have the proper finish (i.e., wet burlap vs broom finish). Since our client finished his work on the project and it was accepted by the owner two years prior to the accident, and any alleged defect was patent, we filed a MSJ based on the Slavin doctrine which generally precludes liability against the contractor when the work has been accepted by the owner and the alleged defect is patent. Read more