PITTSBURGH – A customer of AAA says she was severely injured when she visited the insurance agency’s Monroeville branch location, after the defendant’s alleged negligence with the floor mat located in its entryway led her to fall and become seriously injured.
Janet Osman of Pittsburgh filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 18 versus AAA East Central and AAA East Central Insurance Agency, Inc., also of Pittsburgh.
The suit says Osman went to the AAA location in Monroeville, located in Allegheny County, on Oct. 19, 2018, and entered the building through its entryway.
“At that time and place, there existed an unsafe, dangerous and/or otherwise hazardous condition consisting of an improperly-secured floor mat or rug in the entrance area of the premises that had become bunched up, uneven and/or rippled,” the suit states.
“As a result of the unsafe, dangerous or otherwise hazardous condition, the plaintiff, Janet Osman, was caused to trip and fall after catching her foot in the floor mat or rug while exiting the AAA location at 2725 Mosside Boulevard, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 15146, thereby sustaining the serious and severe injuries complained of herein.”
Due to the defendants’ alleged negligence in failing to secure the floor mat and/or floor rug in the entryway of the building, Osman says she suffered a head injury, bilateral hand injury and pain, bilateral knee injury and pain, left hip injury and pain, limited mobility, bruising and abrasions and possible other serious and/or permanent injuries.
For two counts of negligence, the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the arbitration limits of the County, plus costs, interest and a trial by jury.
The plaintiff is represented by Jepthah M. Orstein of Ainsman Levine, in Pittsburgh.
The defendants have not yet secured legal counsel.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case GD-20-009918
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com