The Case Of Jennifer Wolfe Vs. D & W LLC

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The second trial I attended was a personal injury civil jury trial with Judge Carrier. This was a rather interesting case of Jennifer Wolfe VS D & W LLC. Within this case, Jennifer Wolfe attended a bachelorette party eight years ago with her now sister-in-law, who was the maid of honor. The story started out with everyone meeting at a house and the maid of honor was mad that the designated person to bring alcohol, forgot to bring the alcohol. The alcohol drank at this house was whatever was there, which was a few beers and a box of wine. From here, a rented limo picked everyone up and took them to the first bar, where they did not stay long. Witnesses recounts them each having a round of shots and maybe a pitcher of beer. Eventually, the party ended up at a local karaoke bar called Bugsy Malone’s. When the party arrives, Jennifer and her sister-in-law immediately go get drinks. Not long after getting the drinks, a man invites Jennifer to dance with him on a stage. While on the stage, she ends up falling off and breaking her ankle very badly. She had to have pins put in her ankle, that later had to be removed, and will have to have another ankle fusion in …show more content…

The stage was built by a lead singer of a band who was going to play at Bugsy Malone’s. The builder had a full time job in construction and built cabinets. The stage was not very big, but it was about 12 inches high which was larger than the normal step height. The plaintiff argues, and brought in witnesses, that described Jennifer having maybe two drinks and just misjudging the stage when she was getting off. They believe it is the defendants fault because they did not have the stage built to code. The defendant argues the plaintiff was slightly intoxication and lost her balance causing her to fall off the stage. They pointed out she had got up on the stage with no problem and how they did have not have any previous accidents with this