Still frame of Rani Merkel’s actual fall caught on the deck’s security camera. The small green mat outside the glass door slides out from under his left foot. Merkel’s right leg gets stuck under him as he falls and breaks. Photo: Scott Merkel’s surveillance camera
An Essex County slip-and-fall case involving a father helping his son install a security camera enclosure on his deck recently settled for $1.5 million.
Ironically, the father’s injury was captured on film by the same security camera installed by his son, and the footage was used as key evidence.
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