Injured Retired Woman v. National Grocery Store - $350,000 Settlement for Slip-and-Fall Victim

Aggressive representation results in unusually large slip-and-fall recovery

On December 9, 2020, around lunchtime, employees of a national grocery store chain were stocking store shelves and assisting customers at the deli. Even though the store clerks were required to sweep the entire walkable area of the store, the clerk assigned to sweep that morning was delinquent in his duties: he missed an area of the store where water had dripped from the boxes of frozen food items.

CK&C’s client, a retired Bay Area office assistant and faithful long time patron of the store, slipped on that water, shattering her right elbow, right knee, and left hand. These required complex surgical repair.

CK&C filed suit on behalf of the injured woman. Its discovery efforts revealed culpable statements by the Deli Manager that had not appeared in initial documents produced by the corporation. These statements, along with a thorough exam and report of the client’s injuries, lead to an unusually large settlement for a slip-and-fall case. As an individual on a fixed income, this settlement has given her financial security for years to come.