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Slip, trip and fall accidents can be serious. Massachusetts slip and fall accident attorney John McQuade discusses how we got a six-figure settlement for a man who was injured in a trip and fall at a retail store.

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Transcript:
My name is John McQuade, I'm a managing attorney and senior trial lawyer for the Law Office of Mark E. Salomone.

I'm going to tell you about a case involving a client who suffered injury from a trip and fall accident at a retail store. He was assigned there by his employer to do some work; he was preparing some displays for this retail hardware store. Part of his job involved picking up items at the loading dock and bringing them to the department he was setting up displays. When he walked to the loading dock, he walked through an area that was open and clean of all hazards, on his way back carrying a large bundle of items he walked through the same area, and he tripped and fell on a hose that had been left right in the middle of the walkway. He fell on his right shoulder. He suffered a tear to his rotator cuff and aggravated an arthritic condition in his low back.

We brought claim against the retail store, claiming that they were negligent; they denied negligence. They said my client was at fault for causing his own accident and that he shouldn't have been in that department. Through discovery in the case, we were able to learn that someone from the courtesy booth had brought the hose down to dispose of in the dumpster, but instead had left it on the floor. And within moments my client came along and tripped on that hose. We were able to prove that my client had every right to be there because as a licensee he was properly in that area. And that he wasn't at fault for causing that accident because the items he was carrying blocked his view of the floor.

Through that discovery process we were able to pursue this matter and the insurance company for the store decided to pursue this matter and the insurance company for the store decided to mediate the case, come to settle the case rather than take it to trial. At mediation we received a large settlement, six-figure settlement, that compensated my client for his medical bills, his lost wages, his pain and suffering, and his permanent impairment as a result of the injury.