Morgan and Morgan is pleased to announce that attorneys Alexander Clem and James Ty Lynch have recovered a $682,000 verdict against the City of Orlando. The trip-and-fall case was originally tried in December 2008, resulting in an award of economic damages only. Attorneys Clem and Lynch appealed the case to the Fifth District Court of Appeals, which found that this was an inadequate verdict, as the jury did not award any non-economic damages. On September 13, at the conclusion of a two-day damages only trial, the jury awarded the plaintiff a total verdict of over $682,000, comprised of $52,121.55 in past medical expenses, $5,000 in future medical expenses, $360,000 in past non-economic damages and $265,000 for future non-economic damages. To view more of Morgan and Morgan’s verdicts and settlements, please visit
http://www.forthepeople.com/settlements_verdicts.htm.
On Jan. 1, 2004, the plaintiff in this case was walking on a sidewalk owned and maintained by the City of Orlando on her way to the Citrus Bowl football game. As she approached the stadium, she tripped over a 1-2 inch change in elevation in the sidewalk, causing her to fall and suffer a comminuted left shoulder fracture. Over the next 2 years, the plaintiff underwent 5 different surgeries to repair her shoulder, including two hemiarthroplasty surgeries to replace her left humerus.
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