GRANTSVILLE WOMAN SUES COUNTY OVER ALLEGED FALL IN COURTHOUSE

(08/07/2009)

A Grantsville woman is suing the County of Calhoun for negligence for injuries she says she experienced in a slip and fall in the county courthouse in 2007. During a hearing Wednesday in Grantsville, it was determined a court date will be scheduled. Cheryl Collins, represented by attorney Randall Galford, indicates in the suit that she "slipped and fell while walking down the interior courthouse steps, after water from a hose on the courthouse lawn caused the walkways to the courthouse to be quite wet, such that the pedestrian traffic tracked water onto the inside of the courthouse steps making these wet and slippery ..." Collins claims she suffered injuries to her "back, hips, legs arms and other body parts." Commissioners maintain Collins alleged accident was not reported to them or any official in the courthouse in 2007, learning of the incident at the time the lawsuit was filed, also indicating there was no request for any assistance or ambulance at the time of the incident. The county is represented by Tanya Hunt Handley.

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