Algae on sidewalk causes fall, serious knee injury – $1,950,000 Settlement 
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Published: June 8, 2009
This premises liability/personal injury action arose out of a slip-and-fall accident that occurred at the defendant’s apartment complex on Sept. 18, 2004. At approximately 11:30 p.m., plaintiff Jane Doe went to the apartment complex to visit her cousin.
While walking up the main sidewalk to her cousin’s apartment, plaintiff noticed that the sidewalk and adjacent lawn ...
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