{"id":2294,"date":"2013-11-04T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2013-11-04T06:20:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T12:20:29","slug":"222000-jury-verdict-car-repair-customers-toe-injured-hydraulic-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/222000-jury-verdict-car-repair-customers-toe-injured-hydraulic-lift\/","title":{"rendered":"$222,000 Jury Verdict For Car Repair Customer\u2019s Toe Injured by Hydraulic Lift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Marbella Smilovitz, 51, brought her car to the defendant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgrathcityhonda.com\/index.htm\">McGrath City Honda<\/a> for repairs to fix a flat tire.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>It was July 31, 2010.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The dealership is located at 6720 W. Grand Avenue, Chicago, Ill.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The McGrath employees brought Smilovitz to her car in the service area to show her the flat tire while her car was raised up about 6 feet on a hydraulic lift.<span>\u00a0 Smilovitz\u00a0<\/span>then asked an employee to lower the car so she could take out her cell phone from the center console.<span>\u00a0She\u00a0<\/span>stood next to the car as it was being lowered.<span>\u00a0<\/span>One of the employees of McGrath claimed that he was standing next to Smilovitz and planned to get her phone for her once the car reached the floor.<span>\u00a0<\/span>However, she started stepping toward the car before the lift had fully reached the ground and her left big toe was pinched under the arm of the metal hydraulic lift.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Smilovitz sustained a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Degloving\">degloving injury<\/a> to the tip of her big toe with loss of skin and toenail requiring skin grafting. There was permanent scarring on the end of her toe.<span>\u00a0<\/span>She had $63,977 in medical expenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/222000-jury-verdict-car-repair-customers-toe-injured-hydraulic-lift\/#more-2294\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marbella Smilovitz, 51, brought her car to the defendant McGrath City Honda for repairs to fix a flat tire.\u00a0 It was July 31, 2010.\u00a0 The dealership is located at 6720 W. 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