PITTSBURGH – A McDonald’s customer in Pittsburgh claims that the restaurant negligently permitted liquid to accumulate on its floor which he slipped and fell on, causing him to sustain serious injuries.
Richard Bruno of Pittsburgh filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 14 versus Lewandowski Limited Partnership, of Bethel Park.
“On or about Nov. 16, 2020, plaintiff, Richard Bruno, was lawfully on the aforesaid premises, walking into the restaurant, when suddenly and without warning – and as a direct result of a defective and/or dangerous condition of the premises – plaintiff slipped on a wet and/or slippery liquid substance that had accumulated on the floor of the premises, thereby causing him to fall and sustain various severe and permanent bodily injuries and losses,” the suit states.
“The incident described in the preceding paragraphs of the within complaint was caused by the negligence and carelessness of the defendant, by and through its agents, servants, workmen, employees and/or other representatives acting within the course and scope of the employment, agency and/or service for the same, generally.”
The plaintiff alleges that in no manner did he contribute to his own injuries, which he adds were “the direct and proximate result of the defendant’s own negligence and/or carelessness.”
“As a result of the aforesaid negligence of the defendant, plaintiff suffered severe injuries, including, but not limited to, a broken left hand, concussion, eight stitches on his forehead, as well as aches, pains, mental anxiety and anguish, and a severe shock to his entire nervous system,” per the suit.
“As a further result of the aforesaid negligence of the defendant, plaintiff has or may have suffered injuries resulting in the serious and/or permanent loss of use of a bodily function, dismemberment, and/or scarring, which may be in full or part cosmetic disfigurements which are or may be permanent, irreparable and severe.”
For a count of premises liability negligence, the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of $35,000, plus a trial by jury.
The plaintiff is represented by Anthony J. Giannetti of Swartz Culleton, in Pittsburgh.
The defendant has not yet secured legal counsel.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case GD-21-000478
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com