Los Angeles Injury Lawyer Blog

Our client came to our personal injury law firm because she had a slip and fall accident on a slippery laundry room floor and suffered a torn medial meniscus knee injury requiring arthroscopic surgery. We sued the owner of the laundry room and the owner of the laundry machines for negligence and premises liability.

While on vacation in Marina del Rey, California, our client was staying on a boat in the Marina. She was given access to a nearby condominum complex's laundry room, to wash her clothes. The laundry machines flooded the floor of the laundry room, and because there was inadequate lighting, our client did not notice the water on the floor when she entered the room. She slipped and fell, hyperextending her knee and tearing the medial meniscus. She required arthroscopic surgery to repair the tear.
As is often the case, the laundry machines were owned by a different company than the laundry room itself. In litigation, we proved that the laundry machine owner was negligent because it knew that when two of the machines were run at the same time, the floor of the laundry room would have a tendency of flooding. We also proved that the owner of the laundry room knew that the drain in the floor was not sufficient for allowing the water to drain without flooding the room. We proved that the laundry room owner was also negligent for failing to provide adequate lighting that would have given our client the chance to have seen that the floor was wet and slippery before she walked inside. We obtained a significant settlement against both companies.

If you or a loved one has suffered a slip and fall accident or a knee injury accident and needs a slip and fall lawyer or a knee injury attorney and you are located in the State of California, please call our law firm for a free consultation.