New York partners Larry Lum and Joshua Cash and associate Stacey Seltzer successfully defended New York City’s only legally licensed casino/gaming venue in a premises liability jury trial. The plaintiff was seriously injured when he fell violently to the ground in an exterior pedestrian walkway while exiting the casino after a torrential rainstorm left the ground soaked. The plaintiff and his engineering expert claimed that the paint used to demarcate the crosswalk was as “slippery as an ice rink” because it was flat, slick paint with no grit or sand added for slip resistance. Though surveillance video of the incident was grainy with another pedestrian blocking the moment when the plaintiff lost his footing, it showed him walking with an antalgic gait and suddenly dropping to the ground. Larry, Joshua and Stacey urged the jury to find that plaintiff’s knee simply gave out because he had a history of injuries in both knees – which he testified at his deposition occurred within a year or two before the casino accident, but tried to change his story at trial to 10 years before – and that the paint was slip-resistant and reasonably safe. The plaintiff’s last demand was $525,000. The jury returned a verdict of no proximate cause in favor of the casino after two hours of deliberations.