$550,000 Settlement for Fall on Sidewalk

Trip and fall cases can be difficult to win. Many lawyers won’t even handle trip and fall or slip and fall cases because these cases often require extensive litigation with an uncertain chance of recovery. We recently settled a case for a client who suffered a serious neck injury after he fell on an uneven sidewalk in Kirkwood, Missouri. When the City was notified of the injury claim, it denied the claim, stating that it didn’t create the dangerous condition nor was it aware of the condition. We filed a lawsuit against the City, the property owner, and the company that leased the property. Once we filed a lawsuit, we were able to conduct an extensive investigation, including issuing subpoenas to companies that performed work in an around the area of the fall. During the course of two years of litigation, we were able to show the property owner and the City were aware of the dangerous sidewalk for years before the fall, but did not adequately fix the dangerous condition before the fall. We are happy to have achieved this result of over half a million dollars for our client and hope the case causes repairs to me made as soon as possible in the future.