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Interior Designer Suing Anderson Cooper in Slip and Fall Accident

A slip and fall accident can leave a person seriously injured, and depending on the circumstances, eligible to file a premises liability claim against the owner of the property. Ask CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.

The start of 360° has been named in a slip and fall accident claim filed by an interior designer in New York, who was injured after a 17-foot fall in Cooper’s new home.  The designer Killian O’Brien alleges that she fell through a hole which earlier used to hold a fireman’s pole.  Cooper’s home was the venue of a New York fire unit back in the early 1900s. The house was constructed in 1906, and when Cooper purchased it, came complete with a fireman’s pole.

On the day of the accident last September, the hole had not been covered. O’Brien’s lawyer alleges that the fall could have killed O’Brien. Any slip and fall accident lawyer would agree. A 17-foot fall can be serious enough to kill a person, or at the very least leave him or her with serious injuries. O’Brien was extremely fortunate that she survived at all. The lawsuit names Anderson Cooper, as well as the developer of the building where the accident occurred.

Slip and fall accidents are the most common accidents occurring on others’ premises. These typically occur because the owner of the property has failed to maintain the property in a manner that prevents trip, slip and fall accidents. These can also occur because the property owner has failed to provide proper and enough safeguards to prevent accidents. Whatever the cause, these accidents can leave a person with injuries as minor as sprains and strains, and as serious as brain and spine injuries.

It’s not just the owner of the property who may be named in a slip and fall accident claim.  If the property is being maintained by third parties, these parties may also be held responsible for any injuries resulting from an accident on the property.