BM&S Partner John Bieder Secures Arbitration Victory in Premises Liability Case

Black Marjieh & Sanford LLP Partner John Bieder recently obtained a judgment at arbitration in a premises liability case finding that his client had no responsibility for the area where plaintiff’s accident occurred.

Prior to trial, the defendants, two neighboring building owners, agreed to settle with the plaintiff with the defendants arbitrating the issue of which owner was responsible for the sidewalk defect that plaintiff tripped over.

The arbitrator agreed with BM&S’s positions that while most of the sidewalk slab was on BM&S’s client’s property, the portion of the defect that caused the plaintiff to trip and fall was on the property owned by the co-defendant. As a result, the arbitrator found the co-defendant to be 100% responsible for the defect which caused the plaintiff to trip and fall.

The arbitrator’s decision resulted in a complete victory for BM&S’s client bringing the litigation to a successful conclusion.