Yoo v. Yoo
Plaintiff, a 52 year-old tailor, worked for his Defendant
son at the son's sewing factory until shortly before
this incident. They lived together.
On December 13, 1994 Plaintiff visited Defendant's
workplace to see his wife who also worked there. Plaintiff
heard his wife looking for a pattern to make pockets
for blue jeans and voluntarily used a ladder to climb
into the loft area. Plaintiff fell from the top of the
ladder when it slipped out from under him.
Plaintiff stated that the ladder was too old, did not
have rubber feet and was too short for climbing into
a 10-foot loft. He also stated that the Defendant had
a prior mishap with the same ladder.
Defense contended that the ladder had been used by
Defendant's employees over 3,000 times with no misshap;
that the ladder was not defective. Defendant's expert
tested the ladder and opined that the ladder could not
slip unless it was improperly set up by Plaintiff.
After 8 days of trial time in the L.A. County Superior
Court of Los Angeles, the jury came out with the a $513,487
verdict. |
