HOUSTON — A woman whose finger was severed when the automatic doors she was walking through suddenly closed on her is claiming the negligence of the property's owner/manager.
Paula Trombley filed a complaint March 30 in the Harris County District Court against BKD Twenty-One Management Company Inc., doing business as Brookdale Plaza West University and others alleging premises liability and negligence.
Trombley was at the laundry room at Brookdale West University on April 5, 2018. She alleges that as she went through the automatic doors, the doors suddenly and "violently" closed on her and caused her middle finger to be severed. Trombley claims the issue with the automatic doors existed prior to her accident and that the defendants did not take reasonable care and allowed the dangerous condition to exist.
Trombley seeks monetary relief between $200,000 and $1 million, trial by jury, interest and all other just relief. She is represented by Jack Ivey and Jacob Barber of The Ivey Law Firm PC in Houston.
Harris County District Court case number 2020-20036