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• Fairweather v Public Employees Retirement System
  
  She sustained the injuries that served as the basis for her claim when a frightened mental patient, who she was trying to evacuate from a burning cottage, jerked his hand away from hers and they slid down the icy steps to the ground. As a result of the fall, petitioner sustained serious and permanent injuries.
• State of New Jersey v Tarlowe
  
  Defendant drove himself to the emergency room of Union Memorial Hospital and advised the emergency room doctors that he had slipped on a piece of lettuce. Based upon his history, defendant was diagnosed as sustaining sprains of his left shoulder, cervical spine, and left elbow as a result of his fall.
• Ramos v M and F Fashions
  
  After he entered the building, he walked to the elevator, the door of which was open eighteen inches wide. He opened the door an additional foot. When he stepped into the elevator, he fell down the shaft and plunged between eight to ten feet.
• Rosenberg v Otis Elevator Company
  
  The elevator stopped at the sixth floor where a Bellemead building maintenance worker entered the elevator. The elevator began to ascend again, but commenced to shake at the twelfth floor, and precipitously dropped at least three floors in a freefall until it came to a sudden stop.
• Jimenez v GNOC Corp et al
  
  Plaintiff boarded upward escalator #1 behind her daughter and grasped the right handrail. According to plaintiff, after the escalator advanced four or five steps the right handrail stopped, and she was thrown backwards as the steps continued to rise.
• General Slip and Fall Legal Information
  
  An overview of Slip and Fall, or Premises Liability Accidents, including a definition of Slip or Trip and Fall Accidents, information on the different causes and types of Slip and Fall Accidents, and a guide to Slip and Fall Accident Prevention.
• Slip and Fall Accident Lawsuits
  
  Information on Slip and Fall Accident Lawsuits, covering the Statute of Limitations, including a guide to filing a Slip and Fall Lawsuit, determining liability and proving fault in Slip and Fall cases, and dealing with insurance companies.
• Elevator Accident Information
  
  A guide for Elevator Accidents, including the causes of Elevator Accidents and Injuries, an overview of Product Liability Law as it pertains to Elevator Accidents, a guide to determining fault, and information on the statute of limitations.
• Escalator Accident Information
  
  Information about Escalator Accidents, including an overview of the causes of Escalator Accidents, information about Product Liability Law as it pertains to Escalator Accidents, a guide to determining fault, and information on the statute of limitations.