{"id":6971,"date":"2019-01-08T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6971"},"modified":"2019-01-07T14:31:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T14:31:58","slug":"2-million-jury-verdict-for-the-spinal-injury-caused-by-negligent-elevator-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/2-million-jury-verdict-for-the-spinal-injury-caused-by-negligent-elevator-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"$2 Million Jury Verdict for Spinal Injury Caused by Negligent Elevator Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Deatherage, 51, was on an elevator when it suddenly dropped and came to a violent stop.\u00a0 Deatherage, who had two previous surgeries at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spine-health.com\/conditions\/spine-anatomy\/all-about-l5-s1-lumbosacral-joint\">L5-S1<\/a>, suffered a spinal injury that required a fusion surgery at that level. He continues to experience back and spine problems.<\/p>\n<p>He sued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schindler.com\/us\/internet\/en\/home.html\">Schindler Elevator Corp.<\/a>, alleging that it chose not to maintain and repair the elevator. Deatherage maintained that Schindler had a contract with the casino&#8217;s owner, under which it was paid a flat fee for preventative maintenance at the casino but failed to determine why the elevator was malfunctioning so frequently.<\/p>\n<p>Deatherage\u2019s attorneys argued that Schindler\u2019s mechanic never determined the cause of the problem and would not follow up. There was no claim by Deatherage for medical expenses or lost income.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/2-million-jury-verdict-for-the-spinal-injury-caused-by-negligent-elevator-maintenance\/#more-6971\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Deatherage, 51, was on an elevator when it suddenly dropped and came to a violent stop.\u00a0 Deatherage, who had two previous surgeries at L5-S1, suffered a spinal injury that required a fusion surgery at that level. He continues to experience back and spine problems. He sued Schindler Elevator Corp., alleging that it chose not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[88,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-back-neck-injuries","category-elevator-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>$2 Million Jury Verdict for Spinal Injury Caused by Negligent Elevator Maintenance &#8212; Chicago Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Deatherage, 51, was on an elevator when it suddenly dropped and came to a violent stop.\u00a0 Deatherage, who had two previous surgeries at L5-S1,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/2-million-jury-verdict-for-the-spinal-injury-caused-by-negligent-elevator-maintenance\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"$2 Million Jury Verdict for Spinal Injury Caused by Negligent Elevator Maintenance &#8212; 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