Attorney obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial.

Attorney obtained a defense verdict in a jury trial. Plaintiff alleged that he was a business invitee since he was paying "rent" to a long time family friend in her home. Plaintiff was instructed to keep the family's small dogs out of his room and was given a baby gate for his use. Plaintiff claims that the gate was pre-set at a tension that was too tight thus proving it without any "give." After five weeks of living there, plaintiff attempted to climb over the gate rather than take it down, tripped, fell and fractured his shoulder. Unfortunately, plaintiff contracted a staph infection at the hospital which greatly affected the healing process resulting in seven follow up surgeries. The trial took six days and after 45 minutes, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of no negligence on the part of the defendants.