$15M awarded in pool stairway slip-and-fall

The settlement consisted of $12 million from an AXA XL excess coverage policy and $3 million total from three other policies.

By Charles Toutant | March 20, 2024 at 12:07 AM

A man severely injured after a deteriorating wooden stairway gave way at a condominium swimming pool agreed to a $15 million settlement of his Hudson County, New Jersey, suit on Feb. 8.

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Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.

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