Personal Injury Law

Death Due to Faulty Lakeview Porch Results in $2.7 Million Settlement

People in Tennessee as well as across the country want to feel safe and secure in their homes as well as the homes of their friends. However, sometimes accidents happen and they unfortunately can result in personal injuries or even death. Sometimes though when may find out that the personal injury or death occurred because of a defective product, device, construction or equipment. If you or someone you know has been the victim of a personal injury due to a defective product or device, then you should speak with a Tennessee personal injury and defective product lawyer right away. They will work with you and make sure that you get the compensation you deserve for the suffering you have experienced.

In this case, Michael Doyle, from Cincinnati, was a celebrating New Year?s Eve at a friend?s apartment in 2007 and he and five other people were on the third floor deck at the back of the building. When he got up from sitting on the stairs to walk to a table, he tripped and fell head first through the metal railings to the ground below, according to the lawsuit.

Michael Doyle?s family filed a lawsuit against Kenard Management, which managed the building, because they are claiming that the porch was ?defective? based on a city inspection report that columns were rotted and had inadequate bolts. According to the lawsuit, Kenard was told about the large railing gap by its insurance and was also told that it should be closed with wire mesh. Doyle?s family?s attorneys stated that Kenard had received bids for the work but nothing had been done yet and that the work would prevented Doyle from falling to his death.

Full post as published by Tennessee Law Blog on December 05, 2010 (boomark / email).