PHILADELPHIA – A Florida woman alleges that while on the job, she suffered severe shoulder, knee and back injuries at an Amazon warehouse in Fairless Hills, when she fell on the property due to an errant lag bolt.
Greta Roubert of Orlando, Fla. first filed suit in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on June 1 versus Amazon of Seattle, Wash., Gilbane Building Company of Providence, R.I., Equity Industrial Partners of Needham, Mass. and Kellermeyers Bergenson Services, LLC, of Oceanside, Calif.
(The case was later removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 12.)
“On Oct. 2, 2020, plaintiff Greta Roubert was an employee of an independent contractor invited upon the premises of the defendants when she slipped, tripped, stumbled and fell as a result of a defective and dangerous condition on the property in the form of a cut-off lag bolt left haphazardly and inconspicuously on defendants’ walking surface which caused plaintiff to suffer serious and permanent injuries,” the suit says.
“Defendants knew and/or should have known of this dangerous and defective condition in light of its location and legal duty owed to plaintiff. As a result of the fall, plaintiff sustained traumatic injuries to her shoulder, knee and back, which have resulted in surgery to the shoulder and likely has permanently disabled plaintiff.”
The plaintiff alleges that the defendants were collectively negligent in failing to maintain the property in a safe condition, failing to remedy the condition in question and failing to warn visitors to the property of the condition, in addition to other negligent failures.
For multiple counts of negligence, the plaintiff is seeking damages, individually, jointly and severally, in excess of $50,000, plus costs, attorney’s fees and such other relief as this Honorable Court may deem just and appropriate.
The plaintiff is represented by David B. Rodden of Rodden & Rodden, in Philadelphia.
The defendants are represented by Salvatore A. Clemente of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, plus Christina Capobianco and Chimdi Nwosu Ginsburg Tuffs of Goldberg Segalla, all also in Philadelphia.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania case 2:21-cv-03091
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas case 210502701
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com