December 2009
Chronic low back pain
Final offer before trial: $75,000
TOTAL JUDGMENT: $114,440
LARIMER COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
Jon Coelho v. Washington Properties IV, LLC
Case No: 08-CV-297
Judge: Stephen J. Schapanski
Trial Dates: December 1 - 4, 2009
Plaintiffs' Attorney: David S. Hoover (Hoover Law Firm)
Defendant's Attorney: Steven J. Dawes (Light, Harrington & Dawes, PC)
Type of Claim: Premises liability - fall on exterior stairs. On July 17, 2006, the plaintiff, Jon Coelho, was visiting a friend at the defendant's apartment building located at 1414 East 7th Avenue in Loveland, Colorado. The plaintiff said that as he descended the outside wooden stairs, one of the stairs broke and the plaintiff fell and injured his back. The plaintiff claimed the defendant had failed to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance of its property as there had been noticeable prior repairs to the stairs. At the time, the plaintiff weighed approximately 440 pounds and...
