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(314) 500-HURTGenavieve recently obtained a $153,916 slip and fall settlement. Our client went to Seafood City Super Market in University City to pick up her grocery order. Employees instructed her to get her order herself out of a walk-in freezer. While retrieving her order, she slipped and fell on ice formed from a leak. Our client extended her left arm in an attempt to catch her fall and landed on her left wrist.
As a result of her fall, our client was seriously injured. She sustained a displaced fracture of the distal left radius extending into the radiocarpal and radial ulnar joints with dorsal angulation of the distal fracture fragments and a possible left ulnar styloid fracture. This is also known as a “Colles fracture,” or complete fracture of the radius bone in the forearm resulting in an upward displacement of the radius. Four days later, she underwent open reduction and internal fixation surgery in her left arm, and then participated in physical therapy once she was able to. Due to her injuries, our client incurred approximately $63,000 in medical charges, with $22,000 paid and owed.
Initially, the insurance company was only offering $45,000 to settle her case. They made their usual arguments, claiming that our client was comparatively at-fault, that juries don’t like slip and fall cases, and pointing out that a Missouri jury would only see the $22,000 in medical bills that were actually paid and owed, not the full $63,000 in charges. We continued our negotiations, but when the insurance company indicated that $115,000 was their highest offer, we filed a lawsuit.
Once we were in litigation, we sent out written discovery and then were able to obtain the $153,916 settlement, which our client was very pleased with. Slip and falls can be tough cases, and they very rarely settle without having to file a lawsuit. However, if you slipped on something due to a defendant’s negligence and sustained serious injuries, Burger Law is willing to take on that fight.
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