On October 16, 2024, The Woodall Law Firm, PLLC was granted a Directed Verdict in jury trial defending TD Industries in a slip & fall personal injury lawsuit in the 215th District Court of Harris County.
The plaintiff was claiming Traumatic Brain Injury after slipping and falling when she stepped on paint stripper applied to a sidewalk by the TD Industries maintenance employee. In Opening Statement, the plaintiff lawyer indicated they would ask the jury to award “millions of dollars.”
The plaintiff rested on Day 6 of trial.
Under a premises liability theory of recovery, the judge GRANTED Directed Verdict on the grounds that (1) there was no evidence TD Industries failed to adequately warn of the condition, and (2) no act or omission attributable to TD Industries proximately caused the harm claimed.
TD Industries is a big construction and building maintenance company in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and Georgia. Among other major projects, they built the stadiums for the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, and Texas Rangers.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AMAZING TRIAL TEAM ~ JIM RENSIMER, PARTNER, AND LAURA SMITH, PARALEGAL!