In Mayne v. JFK Blvd. Holding, a Hudson County jury returned a $550,000 verdict in favor of a 29-year-old woman who severely injured her ankle in a fall at the front entrance of her Jersey City apartment building.

On Sept. 16, 2019, Yanique Mayne was exiting her apartment building at 1697 John F. Kennedy Blvd. in Jersey City when she fell on a single step which she alleged was excessively high, uneven and damaged. Two days after the incident, Mayne went to Jersey City Medical Center’s emergency department where X-rays confirmed that she had a displaced medial malleolus fracture to her right ankle. On Oct. 1, she underwent open reduction and internal fixation to her right ankle, which required two screws.