Philadelphia Front Page News Injury Law News Desk Brief: NJ Jury Awards $4.5M After Woman Trips on Carpet Forward news by New Jersey Law Journal frontpagenews1@yahoo.com
Plaintiff's counsel said the defense never raised their offer over $50,000 even though the homeowner’s insurance policy was for $500,000.
A 48-year-old woman who was seriously injured after tripping on a carpet at her sister’s Kenilworth home won a $4.5 million verdict from a Middlesex County jury.
Plaintiff Marzena Pogorzelska was visiting her sister when she tripped over a raised portion of an area rug in her sister’s family room. Her lawsuit, Pogorzelska v. Worldwide Floor Covering, was filed in May 2021 in Middlesex County Superior Court against Pogorzelska’s sister, Ewa Joseph, and Worldwide Wholesale Floor Coverings where the carpet was purchased, among other defendants. After an eight-day trial, the jury returned with the verdict after deliberating for just an hour and a half on Jan. 29.
The jury assigned liability percentages to the two defendants and the plaintiff. They found Joseph liable for 47%, Worldwide Flooring for 40%, and Pogorzelska for 13%. However, Worldwide and two other defendants settled the case before trial for an undisclosed amount. Joseph was liable for just over $2.1 million of the verdict, which grew to nearly $2.4 million with pre-judgment interest.
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