MEDIA – A Delaware County woman alleges that she suffered a litany of head and spinal injuries when, during a dinner spent in the defendant’s living room, a ceiling collapsed and landed on top of her.
Makoya Dolley of Clifton Heights filed suit in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas on Jan. 21 versus Cynthia Long, of Wallingford.
“On or about March 30, 2019, plaintiff, Makoya Dolley, was an invitee, licensee and/or otherwise legally on defendant’s premises, when, as a result of the negligence and/or carelessness of the defendants, the plaintiff was eating in the living room when the ceiling collapsed. As a result of this accident, the plaintiff suffered severe and permanent bodily injury,” the suit states.
The plaintiff alleges that the defendant failed to properly design, construct, maintain, and/or repair the premises, ceilings, walls, roofs and/or borders over which invitees, licensees and/or others are likely to travel rendering the premises unsafe, and failed to inspect, maintain and/or repair known and/or unknown defects, among other actions sounding in negligence.
“As a direct result of the negligent and/or careless conduct of defendant, the plaintiff suffered various serious and permanent personal injuries, serious impairment of body function and/or permanent serious disfigurement, and/or aggravation of pre-existing conditions, including, but not limited to: Multi-level cervical disc protrusions, cervical radiculopathy, cervical sprain and strain, lumbar disc protrusion at L5-S1, multi-level lumbar disc bulges, lumbar radiculopathy, lumbar sprain and strain, thoracic sprain and strain, post-traumatic headaches and any other ills and injuries,” per the suit.
“As a result of these injuries, all of which are to plaintiff’s great financial detriment and loss, plaintiff has in the past, is presently and may in the future suffer great pain, anguish, sickness and agony and will continue to suffer for an indefinite time.”
For a count of negligence, the plaintiff is seeking damages not in excess of $50,000, plus all reasonable costs and any other relief the court deems necessary.
The plaintiff is represented by Marc F. Greenfield of Spear Greenfield Richman Weitz & Taggart, in Philadelphia.
The defendant has not yet secured legal counsel.
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas case CV-2021-000660
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com