Slip and Fall Case Dismissed

In Ferguson v. Chase  the plaintiff sued for personal injuries as a result of a slip and fall accident at a Chase bank branch in Rochdale Village, Queens. At the trial in the Civil Court of the City of New York for the County of Queens, Matthew Mazzola argued that the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury was her own negligence. He specifically emphasized this negligence by the plaintiff's history of previous ankle injuries coupled with the fact that the surveillance video showed that she was wearing high heeled shoes, the soles of which were wet from the raining conditions outside. The case was dismissed after all evidence was received and the court found that the plaintiff failed to prove that Chase had either created a dangerous condition or had actual or constructive notice of any condition.