Slip on the water at a hospital; jury verdict $370,000

Our client was visiting her mother in the hospital when she slipped on an area recently wet mopped by the hospital porter. She suffered a knee injury that required surgery and chronic pain to her thigh. She incurred $38,000 in medical bills. The hospital denied liability and took a no-pay position, claiming that the porter placed a wet floor sign in the doorway when he did not. The jury awarded $410,000 that was reduced by 10% for the plaintiff’s contributory negligence.