A case involving a college student who was paralyzed after she fell 20 feet through a skylight has settled for $11.6 million.
Settlement in the premises liability and catastrophic injury case Bernhoft v. Palmer was finalized Monday. The settlement was paid by 11 insurers, covering the property owners as well as the tenants, to Lorna Bernhoft, who became a paraplegic after falling though a skylight covered with a thin board in an off-campus residence in Philadelphia.
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