James Stefanide 2d is seeking compensation after he says he was seriously injured inside Woody’s Bar last year.
Stefanide, of Drexel Hill, filed suit last month against the popular Gayborhood bar.
Stefanide claims he sustained serious injuries while falling on interior stairs at Woody’s in June 2015. The slip-and-fall incident was caused by “an unreasonably slippery condition of the stairs,” according to his suit.
The suit faults Woody’s for “permitting a dangerous and hazardous condition to exist without any warning signs.”
It also says Woody’s failed to properly address previous complaints about the steps and created a “menace, danger, nuisance and trap” for patrons.
Woody’s violated various local and state “ordinances, regulations, codes, rules, statutes and laws” when it allegedly acted in such a negligent manner, according to the suit.
Stefanide’s injuries include right-arm, lower-back and spinal damage. According to the suit, he’s expended “large sums of money for medicine and medical attention, and may be required to expend additional sums for the same purpose in the future.”
Stefanide’s life has been significantly altered by the incident and he is “unable to attend to his usual duties and occupation, to his great financial detriment and loss,” attorneys stated in the suit.
Stefanide is seeking more than $50,000 in damages, including compensation for medical expenses, lost wages and mental anguish. He’s also requesting that Woody’s pay for his attorneys’ fees.
Stefanide’s suit is pending in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. A jury trial has been requested. Neither side had a comment for this story.