Confidential Settlement

Robert David Shapiro

Case Conclusion Date: August 30, 2007

Practice Area: Workers Compensation

Outcome: Walking/Standing at Dept Store Caused Job Injury

Description: I successfully settled a workers compensation claim for a confidential amount against a major high end department store chain based upon the salesperson developing foot problems from frequent walking and/or standing in high-heel shoes on hard-floors. The store's lawyers claimed the problem was pre-existing and developed because of diabetes, but I obtained expert testimony from the chief foot/ankle specialist at UM/JMH who helped to prove that the work activities were the major cause of the foot problems.