Premise
Nov 21, 2019OUTCOME: $1,250,000.00
Plt had taken his commercial truck in for an alignment at Def Commercial Truck Center. During this visit, Def employee improperly, negligently, and in violation of Def’s own policy and procedure, guide ... d clt onto an elevated alignment rack on the Defs premise. After putting clt in a dangerous height, Def employee forgot to bring clt a necessary step ladder so that he could safely exit his commercial truck. Clt could not physically see the ladder at issue beneath his truck, as the truck had flaring along the sides which blocked his view of the ground below. Because Def employee had negligently put clt on the elevated alignment rack at issue, and then forgot to get the step ladder for the clt fell approximately seven feet from the cab of his commercial truck to the hard-concrete floor of the service bay. As a result of this traumatic fall, clt suffered severe personal injuries, including several broken ribs and multiple fractures to his pelvis.