Delaware County Settlement at Mediation: $175,000.00:

This premises liability action arose from an alleged slip and fall on a recently mopped floor in a department store. Plaintiff, an employee of the store, claimed she fell after a cleaning service mopped the floor and did not provide notice that the floor had been mopped. Plaintiff claimed various spinal injurie as well as a severe sprain to her ankle. Defendants denied liability and relied heavily on Plaintiff’s Deposition testimony wherein her testimony was exceptionally weak in terms of what the condition of the floor looked like, and did not look like, at the time of the fall. Compounding efforts to settle the matter, Plaintiff was subject to a workers compensation lien of approximately $65,000.00. Due in no small part by how compelling Plaintiff was as a witness, the Parties were able to effectuate an amicable settlement and avoid the risk of trial in a conservative venue.