Slip and Fall on Polished Floor • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome • Coordinate Jurisdiction
Milano v. Commerce Square Partners, PICS Case No. 16-1064 (C.P. Philadelphia July 19, 2016) Sylvester, J. (13 pages).
Employee in an office building slipped and fell on the polished floor and sustained a hip injury with persistent nerve pain. A jury trial determined there was insufficient evidence to determine negligence on the part of any of the defendants, and plaintiff sought several possibilities of reintroducing the evidence of remedial work done after the fall and revisiting the verdict in her motions for a new trial or JNOV. The court, in its review on appeal, found that the trial court neither abused its discretion nor committed evidentiary errors, which were in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence. The appellate court found no basis for a new trial or JNOV and recommended denial of plaintiffs’ appeal.
