Court Dismisses Case for Lack of Notice  

In Webster v. Chase, Index No.:22/08/08, the plaintiff sued in the Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County to obtain reimbursement of the medical expenses she allegedly sustained as a result of a trip and fall at a Chase Bank branch.  Plaintiff also claimed that Chase should pay for her medical expenses because its employees "forced" her to go to the hospital in an ambulance after the incident. At the bench trial in front of Judge Raul Cruz, Matthew Mazzola successfully argued that the plaintiff did not show notice of a defective condition and that any expenses for the medical treatment she received should have been submitted to her medical insurance carrier for reimbursement. Judge Cruz agreed with Matthew and subsequently dismissed the case with prejudice.