Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP attorney Lauren Pennisi obtained a $650,000 settlement for a 34-year-old woman who was 27 weeks pregnant that tripped and fell on a sloped sidewalk in front of a commercial premises. Defendant contended the defect was de minimus and not actionable. Plaintiff sustained a trimalleolar fracture of her right foot and required open reduction internal fixation under a local block and light sedation due to the pregnancy.
