A Manhattan jury returned a defense verdict for GLRR’s client on the Friday before Memorial Day in a complex ceiling collapse case.
Plaintiff claimed that a bedroom ceiling collapsed onto her head and torso while she was sleeping in an apartment bedroom that she was subleasing. She alleged life-altering injuries, including the need for a cervical fusion and surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. Plaintiff’s demand exceeded $3 million, although no clear settlement demand was ever conveyed.
GLRR Partner Dom Gallardo and Associate Dan Grabowski presented eyewitness testimony establishing that the ceiling did not strike the plaintiff, along with biomechanical evidence demonstrating that the claimed injuries could not have occurred from the ceiling collapse as described.
No settlement offers were made based on the evidence that the ceiling never struck the plaintiff.
The first question on the special verdict sheet asked: “Did any portion of the bedroom ceiling in the apartment strike the plaintiff on the day of the accident?”
The jury answered: “No.”