PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman says she suffered a litany of injuries when she was caused to fall due to the presence of a gardening border which protruded from the ground along a sidewalk, at the Community College of Allegheny County.
Yugonda Moore of Pittsburgh filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Nov. 19 versus Community College of Allegheny County, also of Pittsburgh.
“On April 8, 2019, while walking on the sidewalk adjacent to the Leroy Ewing Building, the plaintiff was caused to fall as a result of the dangerous and hazardous condition of the gardening border which was protruding from the ground along the sidewalk, which condition the defendant had allowed to exist for an extended period of time, which caused the plaintiff to be thrown to the ground with such force and violence as to cause the injuries to the plaintiff,” the suit states.
“The accident and the injuries and damages resulting therefrom were caused by the careless and negligent conduct of the defendant in failing to provide a safe walking area for invitees, and in permitting a hazardous condition to exist on the sidewalk, specifically the gardening border, over an extended period of time, when the defendant knew or should have known, that the condition of the gardening border constituted a hazard.”
Among other rationales, the suit further outlined Moore’s injuries and damages, allegedly caused by the school’s negligent conduct.
“As a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the defendant, Moore suffered a right wrist sprain, right knee sprain, right ankle sprain and right shoulder pain, as well as the muscles, ligaments, tissues, tendons, nerves and bones in, about and extending from these portions of the plaintiff’s body as well, all of which are injuries that are or may be serious and permanent,” according to the suit.
“Moore has experienced and endured pain, suffering, inconvenience, irritation, annoyance, fright, shock, worry, humiliation, anxiety and other forms of distress.”
For a count of negligence, the plaintiff is seeking compensatory and consequential damages in excess of the jurisdictional arbitration limits, plus interest, costs and any other relief this Court deems appropriate to recover.
The plaintiff is represented by Mark D. Troyan of Robert Peirce & Associates, in Pittsburgh.
The defendant has not yet secured legal counsel.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case GD-20-011900
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com