Salsa dancer who dislocated knee slipping on fish guts outside Citarella in NY nets a $6M verdict
An Upper West Side salsa dancer reeled in a shocking $6.45 million verdict after slipping on a slop of slimy fish guts outside a gourmet grocery store — a nasty spill that’s sent her to the operating room at least 12 times over the last decade.
A Manhattan jury awarded the woman the massive windfall Tuesday, finding that Citarella on the Upper West Side was at fault when she dislocated her knee in the 2014 slip-and-fall that’s since hindered her running, salsa dancing and amateur bodybuilding hobbies.
“It’s been a long, long, long process,” said the plaintiff, who asked only her last name, Castillo, be used. “My life has been at a standstill for 10-plus years.”
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