iacrenter
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Hopefully the city fights it, even if it costs more than a settlement. They need to make an example of the couple and scare future litigants.
http://www.ocregister.com/news/says-307773-claim-height.html
Couple want $1 million for trip-and-fall
By JEFF OVERLEY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
IRVINE ? A couple want more than $1 million from Irvine for a trip-and-fall accident they say resulted in serious injuries and emotional trauma.
In a legal claim filed last month, Janet Saleh says she was walking in December near the intersection of Shorebird and West Yale Loop when she tripped over an uneven section of sidewalk ? 1.5 inches of height difference, she says.
Janet and Charles Saleh's legal claim seeks more than $1 million in damages for injuries and emotional distress.
"That height difference presented a dangerous and defective condition of public property," the claim says, "especially because this portion of the sidewalk was in a shadow and there were flowers and leaves obfuscating the existence of the height difference from the view of pedestrians using the sidewalk."
The Salehs could not be reached for comment, and city officials declined to comment.
Saleh says she suffered torn knee cartilage, bruises, foot pain and "exacerbation of existing low back injury/condition." She's seeking $50,000 for medical bills, $750,000 for pain, suffering and disfigurement, and an unspecified amount for lost earnings.
Husband Charles Saleh wants $250,000, saying in the claim that he "observed the injury and suffered emotional distress because of the observation."
"He also suffered the loss of his wife's consortium," the claim says.
Contact the writer: 714-796-7952 or joverley@ocregister.com
http://www.ocregister.com/news/says-307773-claim-height.html
Couple want $1 million for trip-and-fall
By JEFF OVERLEY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
IRVINE ? A couple want more than $1 million from Irvine for a trip-and-fall accident they say resulted in serious injuries and emotional trauma.
In a legal claim filed last month, Janet Saleh says she was walking in December near the intersection of Shorebird and West Yale Loop when she tripped over an uneven section of sidewalk ? 1.5 inches of height difference, she says.
Janet and Charles Saleh's legal claim seeks more than $1 million in damages for injuries and emotional distress.
"That height difference presented a dangerous and defective condition of public property," the claim says, "especially because this portion of the sidewalk was in a shadow and there were flowers and leaves obfuscating the existence of the height difference from the view of pedestrians using the sidewalk."
The Salehs could not be reached for comment, and city officials declined to comment.
Saleh says she suffered torn knee cartilage, bruises, foot pain and "exacerbation of existing low back injury/condition." She's seeking $50,000 for medical bills, $750,000 for pain, suffering and disfigurement, and an unspecified amount for lost earnings.
Husband Charles Saleh wants $250,000, saying in the claim that he "observed the injury and suffered emotional distress because of the observation."
"He also suffered the loss of his wife's consortium," the claim says.
Contact the writer: 714-796-7952 or joverley@ocregister.com
