Case Examples: Premises and General Liability : General Liability

Deliveryman Shot in Apartment Building - $4,000,000 Settlement

Reached during trial for our client, a deliveryman, shot by two unknown assailants who were able to gain entry through the unattended front door of an apartment building. Our client was left paralyzed below the waist. We claimed that the building's security was inadequate in not having a guard posted at the entrance at all times in light of the history of crime in the building area, according to records we obtained.

Against Foster Care Placement agency and in favor of our client, a l0-year old child, who was repeatedly molested by her foster father during a four-month foster care placement. The jury found the placement agency liable for their failure to provide warranted therapeutic care which would have disclosed the ongoing abuse.

For our client, a third grade student on a school trip, who was struck by a taxicab. The student's shoelace became untied and when she reported it to the school aide, she was not permitted to stop and tie it. Rather, she was told to keep moving so that they would not lose the rest of the group. When she got to the intersection, someone stepped on her untied shoelace, causing her to fall and roll on the street where she was hit by a taxicab. The student suffered from multiple fractures to her right leg. The jury found the Board of Education 85% liable and the taxicab 15% liable.