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A 48 year old man had been drinking for over 8 hours and was highly intoxicated when he called a cab to take him home from downtown Manhattan. Along the way the cab driver decided to take the car to an auto body shop to have his oil changed. The client passed out in the back seat and was left in the vehicle when it was put on a car lift and raised approximately 6 feet off the ground. The client then awoke and not realizing he was 6 feet in the air, attempted to exit the vehicle and fell to the ground sustaining a trimalleolar right ankle fracture that required surgery with the implantation of a plate, approximately 10 screws and k-wires to reattach the shattered bones of the ankle. After trial, the Bronx County jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $395,000.00, even though they attributed much of the fault of the accident to him. The case against the auto body shop settled before the start of trial for $200,000.00... This case concerned a 47 year old..

Primary location: New York United States