{"id":5358,"date":"2010-06-09T08:56:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=501"},"modified":"2010-06-09T08:56:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T15:56:14","slug":"lady-hit-on-head-by-light-fixture-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2010\/06\/09\/lady-hit-on-head-by-light-fixture-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"$150,000: Light Globe Strikes Plaintiff On Head At Local Entertainment Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

CASE DESCRIPTION:<\/strong> A woman was seated at a table in the patio of an Orange County entertainment center when a light fixture fell and struck her on the head exacerbating her neck problems.\u00a0 Liability was disputed among the multiple defendants.<\/p>\n

RESULT:\u00a0 $150,000.00 total settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plaintiff, Diane M. was seated at a table in the patio outside of the ice cream parlor early in the evening.\u00a0\u00a0 Suddenly, she was forcibly struck on the top of her head by a glass light globe, manufactured by American De Rosa, that was attached to a light fixture, manufactured by Rinaldo Reproductions.\u00a0 Shortly thereafter, entertainment center employees with brooms and dustpans arrived and began cleaning up the glass. Paramedics arrived shortly thereafter and took the plaintiff to UCI Hospital.<\/p>\n

The plaintiff contended that the local entertainment center was liable as the party with the final control over the light fixture and globe that struck plaintiff.\u00a0 Morrow Meadows, the installer of the light fixture and globe, was liable due to improper installation of the subject globe and fixture.\u00a0 Rinaudo\u2019s Reproductions and American De Rosa, the manufacturers of the light fixture and globe respectively, were liable as they are in the stream of commerce in producing an inherently defective product.<\/p>\n

The defense argued that Plaintiff\u2019s medical problems were pre-existing and not caused by the light globe falling on her head. The weight of the globe and the distance it fell were not great enough to cause the alleged damages.\u00a0 All defendants denied that they had any responsibility in the subject incident.<\/p>\n

After the incident the local entertainment center replaced the glass globes with a plastic variety and moved the tables away from the location of its light fixtures.<\/p>\n

TYPE OF CASE:<\/strong> Premises Liability<\/p>\n

INJURIES:<\/strong> Plaintiff was diagnosed with post-traumatic cervical nerve root irritation syndrome. After CT scans, it was suggested and she underwent a cervical discogram operation in July 2002.\u00a0 She continued to suffer pain and neurological difficulties.<\/p>\n

DATE & LOCATION OF INCIDENT:<\/strong> On 6\/12\/01 around 7:00 p.m. at an Ice Cream Parlor within a local entertainment center.<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFF\u2019S AGE:<\/strong> Plaintiff was in her fifties at the time of her injury.<\/p>\n

OCCUPATION:<\/strong> At the time of the incident the plaintiff was unemployed, having previously taught at a Christian school, her husband is a minister.<\/p>\n

PLAINTIFFS\u2019 ATTORNEY:<\/strong>
\nAITKEN\u00a0*\u00a0AITKEN\u00a0* COHN<\/p>\n

For Plaintiffs \u2013 Diane & Robin M.<\/em><\/p>\n

DEFENDANTS\u2019 ATTORNEYS:<\/strong>
\nPhillip Dorn
\nLAWSON, MACRAE, GRESS & CULBERTSON
\nJohn Wallace
\nLAW OFFICES OF MARCUS BAUKOL
\nNancy DePasquale
\nCHALLAHAN & MCCUNE<\/p>\n

For Defendants \u2013 Doe Entertainment Center, Rinaudo\u2019s Reproductions, Inc., Morrow-Meadows Corp. & American De Rosa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CASE DESCRIPTION: A woman was seated at a table in the patio of an Orange County entertainment center when a light fixture fell and struck her on the head exacerbating her neck problems.\u00a0 Liability was disputed among the multiple defendants. RESULT:\u00a0 $150,000.00 total settlement Plaintiff, Diane M. was seated at a table in the patio… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[699],"class_list":["post-5358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verdicts-settlements","tag-serious-personal-injury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}