Maintenance Worker is Seriously Hurt in Parking Lot Accident

Case Overview

This case takes place in Pennsylvania and involves a man who suffered extensive injuries after getting hit by a car. The plaintiff was an employee of an employee of a large fast food chain, who performed maintenance activities on the drive-thru ordering systems found at many restaurants. On this occasion, the plaintiff and his co-worker were servicing a drive-thru window at the defendant’s facility. A car was approaching the drive-thru lane and drove right into the plaintiff. The plaintiff suffered several broken limbs and extensive injuries as a result of the accident. It is alleged that the parking lot, specifically the drive-thru lanes were not designed properly. There were no speed bumps or signs to prevent vehicles from approaching at high speeds.

Questions to the Construction Safety expert and their responses

Do you have experience designing fast food parking lots? Please explain.

This case is right in my area of expertise and I am glad to assist. In my career I have performed the planning, design and monitored the construction of shopping centers that included fast food restaurants and back. I have designed hundreds of parking lots.

Are you familiar with the safety markers that should be included to prevent accidents from occurring?

I am familiar with the safety requirements of the parking lots and parking lot facilities.

Have you worked on similar cases in the past?

I have reviewed a number of parking lot safety cases. It seems like this accident should have been avoided if the drive-thru lane had been designed safely.

About the expert

This highly qualified expert has 20 years of civil engineering experience. He is a certified engineer in a number of states and belongs to a number of prestigious engineering societies, including the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has worked at a number of very reputable engineering firms on various specialty projects, including highway & street design, traffic engineering, utilities construction, storm drainage, pedestrian safety, walkway surface evaluation, ADA compliance, and construction management. He is currently the CEO of a private civil engineering firm.