Claim Case Study Anderson v. Hamilton

The plaintiff brought an action against the City for damages because of a slip and fall that happened on the sidewalk in front of her house. She had walked on this sidewalk many times in the 3 years that she lived on the street. She had never noticed a depression in the sidewalk until the evening she fell. It was twilight when the incident occurred, but the plaintiff claimed that there was plenty of light in the area from street lamps. The woman sustained a broken left wrist.