Slip and Fall

Defendant’s verdict in Queens County on a slip and fall case. Plaintiff, a maintenance worker, claimed to have fallen on a spill of hydraulic fluid near a trash compactor. The defendant compactor repair company had worked on the unit several days prior, and had added fluid to the machine. Defendant claimed the plaintiff’s employer was responsible to clean any spill but admitted to returning to the site, after the accident, to do cleanup. The accident occurred in 2008 and plaintiff never returned to work. She had soft-tissue injuries to the back and shoulder. At the start of trial, plaintiff turned down a settlement offer of $175,000. The verdict was unanimous.