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Litigation

Oct. 5, 2000

Legal Secretary Gets $5.75 Million

A Los Angeles jury awarded $5.75 million to a legal secretary who lived out her greatest fear when an elevator in her office building plunged 15 floors.

        A Los Angeles jury awarded $5.75 million to a legal secretary who lived out her greatest fear when an elevator in her office building plunged 15 floors.
        And that was just the first fall.
        Cindra Palmer suffered broken arms and head trauma when the Union Bank Building elevator she boarded to meet a friend for lunch on Aug. 2...

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