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Sanford Rubenstein, who has represented Al Sharpton, Abner Louima, and relatives of Sean Bell, is now suing on behalf of himself after tearing meniscus in his knee at his Downtown Brooklyn office building.
He is the last person you’d want to slip and fall in your building.
High-powered lawyer Sanford Rubenstein filed a personal injury lawsuit — on behalf of himself — against the downtown Brooklyn office tower where he works.
Court papers were filed last week, merely 13 days after the Oct. 3 mishap in which the well-known attorney said he took a spill on a freshly-mopped floor in the lobby, tearing the lateral and medial meniscus in his knee.
“Unbeknownst to me, there was a maintenance person moping the floor” but there was no warning sign, Rubenstein said.
“I had a terrible fall. I smashed my knee.”
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The run-of-the-mill slip and fall suit lodged by his firm asks for unspecified damages from the owners of the building at 16 Court St., as well as its management and maintenance companies.
Messages left at those firms were not immediately returned.
Rubenstein said that his knee will have to be in a brace but he still hopes to avoid surgery. He added that the incident was captured on video.
“There are pictures of the truth,” he said. “They need to put a proper warning.”
The media-savvy civil rights lawyer, who has represented Rev. Al Sharpton, Abner Louima, relatives of Sean Bell and many others, said it was the first time he was the plaintiff in a personal injury legal action.
“If anything, it makes me a better lawyer because it puts me in the shoes of people I represent,” he said. “It makes me appreciate a victim’s pain and suffering.”
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