New Haven Judge Awards $29,526 for Fall Down

In Gary v. New Haven, the court rendered a plaintiff's verdict of $4,526 in economic damages and $25,000 in non-economic damages, in a case in which the plaintiff fell on a city sidewalk. The plaintiff proved that the city should have known about a defect in the sidewalk, failed to remedy the defect, and that the defect constituted the sole proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. The plaintiff claimed injuries to her left foot and sustained medical expenses of $4,526.