SCRANTON - Property owners and the United States are named as defendants in a lawsuit over injuries a man who has since decease suffered in a fall at a post office.
A lawsuit was filed Feb. 20 against the United States of America, Robert V. Drake, Carol S. Drake, and PPP Assets LLC by Georgia Lynn Perrotti, executrix of the estate of Andrew C. Perrotti, deceased, and in her own right.
The case was filed on Feb. 20 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. It alleges that Andrew G. Perrotti suffered severe personal injuries due to a dangerous condition at a post office in Tafton that is operated by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
The property was owned by Robert V. Drake and Carol S. Drake at the time of the incident and later sold to PPP Assets LLC, the suit says.
The complaint states that Mr. Perrotti was injured on Feb. 22, 2022, when he tripped over an unmarked makeshift ramp with a hazardous lip while attempting to enter the post office building. He fell through a gap in the handrails causing serious injuries to his left eye, elbow, lower back and knee which ultimately led to him losing sight in his left eye, the suit says.
Joseph Price and Sean McDonough of Dougherty, Leventhal & Price represent the plaintiff.