Jury Hands Down Defense Verdict in Slip and Fall Trial

Chrissie Cole

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A Madison County jury handed down a defense verdict after deliberating for less than two hours in a two-day slip and fall trial.

The lawsuit, filed in November 2006, against Richard Minton, alleged a woman injured her left ankle on February 18, 2006, at her Alton Rental home owned by Minton. The suit claims she was exiting the property when she stepped into a hole that was located in the common lawn area, causing her to fracture her ankle.

She alleged Minton was negligent by failing to provide her a good, safe and proper place to walk on the premises, failed to provide a proper means of ingress and egress to and from the property, failed to inspect the property and failed to warn her that there was a dangerous condition on the premises.