His slip and fall in hotel shower recently caused a Virginia resident to file a personal injury lawsuit against Red Roof Inn Franchising, LLC.

Plaintiff Dennis D. filed the lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court on March 7, 2018.

According to the slip and fall in hotel shower lawsuit, the plaintiff was visiting his sister’s surprise 80th birthday party on Nov. 12, 2016 and stayed at the Red Roof Inn.

Just prior to that date, the lawsuit states, Red Roof received complaints and negative online reviews that its “bathtubs were dangerously slippery and posed a known risk or serious injury to its patrons.”

According to the lawsuit, the bathtubs had an absence of proper tub basin traction, a grab bar, and a proper bath mat. The plaintiff alleges that his slip and fall in hotel shower incident of the hotel’s bathroom which caused him to suffer serious injuries and damages.

Immediately after his fall, Dennis says he was unable to bring himself back up and that he was “confined to the shower floor, undressed and in excruciating pain, until a team of medical responders helped him out of the shower and delivered him by ambulance to the Emergency Department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian Hospital for medical treatment.”

The slip and fall in hotel shower lawsuit alleges the Pennsylvania hotel was negligent.

Dennis demands a trial by jury.

Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit

If you have been injured due to someone else’s negligence, you may be eligible to file a personal injury lawsuit. Eligible persons include those who have suffered physical injury, psychological injury, and if those injuries were the result of another person’s or party’s negligence.

Negligence, as defined by the law is the “failure to do an act which a reasonable careful person would do, or the doing of an act which a reasonably careful person would not do, under the same or similar circumstances to protect oneself or others from bodily injury, death, property damage.”

Types of personal injury cases include the following:

• Catastrophic injury
• Dog bites
• Slip and fall accidents
• Medical malpractice
• Work injury claims
• Car accidents, transportation accidents
• Other types of accidents

Like Dennis’ alleged slip and fall in hotel shower, similar slip and fall accidents may be the result of damaged floors or stairs, potholes, insufficient lighting, damaged sidewalks, and slippery and wet floors. Other lawsuits may include workplace accidents, swimming pool accidents, and construction accidents.

Compensatory damages that may be owed if a party or individual is found negligible in a personal injury incident may also include the following:

• Permanent disfigurement or disability
• Lost income or missed work time
• Medical bills and related expenses
• Loss of consortium
• Property damage
• Pain and physical suffering
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Emotional distress because of the above

The Slip and Fall in Hotel Shower Lawsuit is Case No. 2:18-cv-00288-NBF, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.