ST. LOUIS - Pam Gardner filed a lawsuit in July in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County against AMF Bowling Centers, Inc. d/b/a Bowlero Lakeside, Bowlero Corporation, and Leiserv, LLC for premises liability and general negligence.
According to the complaint, Gardner was born with hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the ventricles deep within the brain, and she also has dolichocephaly, a condition where the head is longer than expected.
Gardner was employed for more than 20 years through Lafayette Industries, a sheltered workshop. On Oct. 15, 2016, Gardner attended the weekly outing hosted by the facility at a bowling alley.
As she was walking towards the lane, Gardner allegedly slipped and fell when a metal plate that acted as a transition from the seating/scoring area to the bowling lanes shifted as she stepped near it, causing it to raise up, for her to trip on it and then to fall, hit her head and bite through her lip. Gardner was taken to the hospital where a CT scan showed a large acute right frontoparietal subdural hematoma, the suit says.
While hospitalized, she suffered multiple strokes and her hospitalization required insertion of a feeding tube as well as having developed diabetes insipidus, an illness associated with a traumatic brain injury. The defendant recently removed the case to federal court.
Gardner is represented by Kevin P. Etzkorn or Etzkorn and Etzkorn, LLP.
Circuit Court of St. Louis County case number 4:21-cv-00999-NAB