$750,000 – Negligent “Paralysis” – The 40 year old victim was injured while stepping into a misleveled hotel elevator. Due to the uneven level of the elevator, the victim fell while attempting to enter the elevator.
Evidence at trial showed that the elevator had misleveled the day before the accident and that the defendant elevator company had been called and worked on the elevator. The misleveling was due to consistently poor maintenance on the elevator by the elevator company.