CT Jury Awards $120K in Condo Slip-and-Fall Lawsuit
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Case Background
This case had arisen from a fall that had occurred in East Haven, Connecticut. On October 27, 2017, at around 7:00 p.m., Eileen Tobin had visited the Mansfield Landing Yachting Community. She had gone to Building 1 at 233 Mansfield Grove Road, an office she had entered as a business invitee.
As she stepped outside, she used the stairs that connected the building to the walkway. The exterior light above the steps was not working. In the fading October darkness, she descended the stairs. Without lighting, she misjudged her footing, slipped, and fell down the steps.
Tobin said the poor lighting created a hazardous condition that the property owners and managers had allowed to persist. She filed suit against Mansfield Landing Yachting Community, Inc., the property owner; Pagliaro, Inc., operating as Collect Associates, the maintenance company; and Empire Property Management Corporation, which also managed the premises.
Cause
Tobin argued that the fall happened because the defendants failed to maintain safe premises. She pointed to the broken light above the stairs. She said they knew, or should have known, that the outage created a dangerous condition, yet they failed to replace the bulb or warn visitors.
Injury
The fall left Tobin with multiple
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