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Slip and fall accidents are some of the most common personal injury lawsuits filed in the United States. Slip and fall lawsuits can arise from falls outside an un-shoveled personal property and from falls inside an unreasonably kept supermarket. They can also arise from any other number of scenarios where a property owner breaches their duty to keep a reasonably safe walkway for patrons and guests. Injuries resulting from slip and fall accidents may vary, but often include broken bones, neck and back injuries and soft tissue damage.
The Bouckaert family was recently rattled by a slip and fall they experienced while watching their daughter at her local college basketball game. As reported in the Madison Record, Tonya and David Bouckaert were visiting Lindenwood College in Wisconsin to watch their daughter’s basketball game on November 5, 2013. Tonya stood up from her third row bleacher seat to visit the restroom when the seat suddenly swung forward, striking her. She fell to the floor, hitting her shoulder and head on the bleacher railing and injuring her left knee.
After visiting a doctor, Tonya learned the accident had caused severe injuries to her left knee, including a torn ACL, meniscus tear and MCL sprain. Reconstruction surgery was required to treat her injuries, although she continues to suffer from pain, swelling and tightness.
Tonya and her husband filed a personal injury lawsuit against Lindenwood College through attorney Amy Collignon Gunn of The Simon Law Firm in St. Louis. They allege that: the school negligently allowed a broken bleacher seat to remain in use; allowed Tonya to use the broken seat; and also failed to warn of any danger associated with the broken seat. The couple is seeking $100,000 plus costs for her injuries. According to the college, Tonya was to blame. The college insists Tonya acted carelessly, and that it was her own carelessness that led to her injuries. The civil suit will be heard before Circuit Judge Andrew Gleeson.
