The NY Post reports the wife of a Google engineer injured by a falling tree branch has sued the city of New York for $120 million dollars.
Sasha Balir-Goldensohn is still injured from a falling tree branch that fell on the engineer back in July 29, 2009. The falling tree branch struck Mr. Blair-Goldensohn in the head.
According to the New York Times, Mr. Blair-Goldensohn was walking alone near a Central Park entrance when the tree branch struck him.
The NY Post quotes the attorney representing the Google engineer in the tree branch lawsuit as saying, “Sasha sustained severe brain damage, spinal fractures and spinal-cord damage resulting in paralysis, respiratory and other serious injuries, all of which have required multiple operations and his continued hospitalization to this day.”
The attorney for the Google engineer told the New York Times: “An examination of the tree limb, after this terrible incident, revealed that it was dead and rotted and in real danger of breaking and falling for a long period of time prior to the incident.”
It is essential to maintain property in good condition in order to protect against negligence lawsuits. According to Findlaw, if trees have visible rot, the owner of the property should trim or cut down the rotted limbs before they fall.
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