Trade Show Accident while at work- Case settled during trial
N/AOUTCOME: Case settled for $150,000.00 dollars
Injury: 1-inch laceration to lower lip with scaring Result: Case settled for $150,000.00 dollars The plaintiff was a 25-year-old fit model who was setting up for a fashion trade show and was asked ... by her supervisor to roll a clothing rack from the back of a truck to the trade show floor. Part of the hanging grid came off of the rack, Cutting her bottom lip, which required suturing by a plastic surgeon, and left her with a one-inch scar. The defendant premise owner set up the rack and the rack company did not provide adequate instructions to set the racks up. Defendant owners paid $90,000.00 dollars, and the rack company defendant, who took a no pay position before trial, came up with the remaining $60,000.00 dollars to meet plaintiff’s demand of $150,000.00 dollars.
