Woman tripped over an exposed curb stop spike.
A Middlesex County woman won a $522K settlement from a N.J. Dunkin Donuts after tripping in the restaurant's parking lot. MIDDLESEX -- A North Plainfield woman who was injured in 2012 after tripping in a Highland Park Dunkin' Donuts parking lot has settled her lawsuit against the restaurant for $522,000, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.com.
Maria Marsala, who filed her lawsuit in Middlesex County Superior Court, spilled hot coffee on her face and neck and suffered cuts on her right hand and right knee when she tripped over an exposed spike from a dislodged curb spike while walking back to her car, the newspaper reported. She had purchased several coffees inside the business, located on Raritan Avenue, at approximately 7:30 a.m. Jan. 19, 2012, the newspaper reported.
Marsala's case was scheduled to go to trial this month, the newspaper reported.
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