Personal Injury Law

Chicago Slip and Fall Attorney: Two Illinois Premises Liability Lawsuits Accuse Owners of Failure to Warn of Hazards

Two plaintiffs recently filed their Illinois slip and fall lawsuits in state court for their personal injuries. They are each seeking over $50,000 plus costs.

In one Illinois premises liability complaint, Dorothy Baker says she fractured her right shoulder while walking on a sidewalk outside a Ponderosa Steakhouse owned by ABI Enterprises. Baker says that she fell because there was no warning sign to let customers know that there was a steep drop off at the end of the sidewalk.

According to her premises liability lawsuit, she fractured her right shoulder, accrued hospital expenses, suffered significant physical and mental pain, experienced disability and disfigurement, can no longer perform her usual responsibilities, and cannot live her life in the way that she is normally accustomed.

Baker is accusing ABI Enterprises of liability because it designed the sidewalk. She also says that the company failed to warn about the sudden drop-off, neglected to place a rail on the drop-off, did not install the proper lighting so that customers could see the drop, and neglected to fix the sidewalk.

In another Illinois premises liability lawsuit also filed in state court this month, Jacqueline Purchase is suing apartment complex owners James and Brenda Hayden for slip and fall injuries she sustained when she was walking on a walkway on the premise.

Purchase says that her premises liability accident occurred because there was ice on the ground. Her Illinois slip and fall lawsuit contends that the complex owners shouldn?t have let the melting snow freeze over the concrete driveway and that they should have taken steps to get rid of the ice, as well as warn her about the hazard.

Purchase says that as a result of the slip and fall accident, she broke her ankle, experienced disfigurement and disability, suffered great physical and mental pain, incurred medical bills, lost wages, and can no longer live a normal life.

Woman falls at Ponderosa, files suit, The Record, April 8, 2009

Apartment complex owners sued over tenant's slip and fall, The Record, April 10, 2009

Related Web Resources:
Slip and Fall News, Justia

Slip and Fall Accidents, Nolo

Full post as published by Chicago Injury Attorney Blog on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).