The plaintiff was a customer at the MJ Sullivan car dealership in New London, Connecticut.  The dealership had designated a certain outside area as a smoking area.  That area contained a bench.  While the plaintiff was waiting for his car to be repaired, he went to sit on the bench that was in the smoking area.  The bench collapsed under him.  For some reason, the bench was not screwed together.  It just fell apart.

The plaintiff call a lawyer for help because he felt like he was getting the run around from the car dealership.  He asked for a copy of a security video of the area where he fell, but was told it did not exist.  He also never received an apology from the dealership so he was very upset about that.

The plaintiff fell to the ground.  He injured his low back.  He went via ambulancd to the hospital.  Then he treated with doctors, and did physical therapy.  He had an MRI.  His injury was not surgical.  The plaintiff was retired, and was very active.  But after his back injury was far less active.  His doctor concluded that the plaintiff’s injuries were permanent.  His doctor also concluded that he will need to keep going to physical therapy into the future to maintain his status quo or his back condition will deterioriate.

The case was settled just before jury selection was to being after a mediation.

$75,000.00