Slip-and-Fall Verdict
A union truck driver who was a member of the Teamsters union was awarded $1.5 million in a jury verdict by a Philadelphia County jury after he suffered serious brain injuries resulting in permanent disabilities in a workplace injury. More specifically, he had a closed head injury. He treated at various medical facilities in Delaware and Philadelphia Counties. The slip/fall accident that occurred in Philadelphia at a nursing home on an icy surface occurred as he was getting out of his delivery truck. The property owners had failed to clear the ice and snow from the ground following a snowfall five days before. He currently lives in Broomall, Delaware County, PA.
