$1.85M for Slip and Fall
$1.85 million was awarded to Ira Miller Jr. for having taken on herniated discs in his abdomen and lumbar, and stiffening bruises while car shopping at their local Chevrolet dealership. While walking through the icy parking lot, Miller slipped and suffered permanent injuries.
Miller underwent decompression and laminectomy surgery on two lower back discs and his thoracic herniation caused him to develop ‘drop foot’, which requires that he have a walker and a supportive vest. Miller’s surgery involved fusing two discs and moving his heart out of the way so that they could deflate one of his lungs which sent him into respiratory failure and a 10-day coma. The surgery got rid of the drop foot, but he must use a cane now and cannot sit for long periods of time.
The defense argued the iced parking lot, but photographs in the spring later proved that there were drainage problems that management was fully aware of.
- Mary P. Gallagher, New Jersey Law Journal
