PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man says a cement parking place indicator in the lot of an Advance Auto Parts store in that city was not clearly marked enough, which he adds led him to not see it and suffer a broken hip by tripping over it.
Jeffrey Bruce of Pittsburgh filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on July 10 versus Adrian Associates, LP of Pittsburgh and Advance Auto Parts, of Raleigh, N.C.
“On the morning of Aug. 18, 2018, plaintiff was walking back to his vehicle after making a purchase of a turn signal bulb at Advance Auto Parts. Previously, he had parked his vehicle in a parking space which had a cement parking stop for each individual parking spot,” the suit says.
“While attempting to open his vehicle hood in the parking lot, he did not see the cement parking stop and tripped over it, falling into a depression in the parking lot. The cement parking stop was not distinguished by being painted and essentially existed in the same color component as the surface of the parking lot, which made the same unnoticeable and caused plaintiff to trip over it and severely injure himself.”
The plaintiff says the defendants were responsible for designing, maintaining and inspecting the parking lot so that it is safe for customers to use. As a result, the plaintiff says he suffered a hip fracture and was rejected for a liver replacement needed to treat an underlying condition.
For a count of negligence, the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of $35,000, plus such other relief as the court deems fair and just and a trial by jury.
The plaintiff is represented by John A. Adamczyk of Adamczyk Law Office, in Pittsburgh.
The defendants have not yet secured legal counsel.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case GD-20-007535
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com