Slip & Fall Verdict All in the Family

Hat tip to my buddy Eric Blomberg for a Stamford verdict of $70,000, reduced by 50% for comparative negligence, last week. The plaintiff, a 42 year old single mother, slipped and fell on ice during a snowstorm, breaking her ankle. The incident occurred at her grandfather's home, which was owned by the plaintiff's mother, who was the named defendant. In fact, the plaintiff lived at home with her parents, in a house next door to the grandfather's.