Dangerous Property and Products

A 52-year-old female sustained a torn rotator cuff in her right shoulder, which required surgery, after falling on a damp restroom floor that had just been mopped.

A 40-year-old male suffered several fractures to his face and skull, a kidney laceration, hemopneumothorax, and multiple other fractures to his body when he was working on a construction project on the roof and fell through the elevator shaft to the basement.

A 45-year-old man lost part of his leg after it was crushed due to the unsafe design of a large piece of industrial equipment used in a Chicago manufacturing plant.

Elderly woman was hit by a sliding door as she entered a large department store, knocking her to the ground and causing a nondisplaced fracture of her hip.

Plaintiff sustained injuries as a result of dangerous property when he attempted to sit on a stool, the stool broke from underneath, and he fell to the floor.

Plaintiff sustained permanent back injuries when a stretcher unexpectedly collapsed as a result of a defective design.

A 29-year-old veteran with the Evanston Police Department, serving in his capacity as an evidence technician, fell 10-15 feet into an underground electrical services vault after he stepped onto a metal grating system which unexpectedly gave way. Plaintiff experienced a right rotator cuff tear and a partially torn rectus muscle in abdomen.

A young man broke his leg when he slipped on ice while exiting from a tavern. The design of the canopy and roof area above the doorway resulted in an unnatural and unsafe pooling of ice and water where patrons were expected to walk.

A 60-year-old woman re-injures a torn rotation cuff after a fall at a store.