Ramos v. City of New York

Slip and fall case at the Bronx County Housing Court. Plaintiff slipped and fell on water in corridor of Bronx Housing Court caused by a leaking water fountain. The defendant City of New York maintained that the water fountain was not defective and that the plaintiff fell due to her own carelessness. The City argued that they were not liable and that the plaintiff was not injured. The Plaintiff suffered from right L3-L5 radiculopathy, disc bulges at L3-L4, right lateral herniation and protrusions with bulge at L4-L5, left paracentral/lateral herniation and protrusions at L5-S1. The defendants took a no-pay position until halfway through trial when the case settled for $350,000.