Ortiz v. Allentown Housing Authority

BLACK, J.,

Plaintiff Estabon Ortiz, as guardian of his 6-year-old son Alexis Ortiz, seeks to recover money damages from defendant Allentown Housing Authority, for injuries sustained by Alexis when he fell from a piece of elevated playground equipment, commonly known as “monkey bars,” at defendant’s Cumberland Gardens public housing project, where plaintiff and his son reside. Defendant had erected the monkey bars on the playground at Cumberland Gardens over a hard concrete or macadam surface. According to plaintiff’s expert report, this hard surface directly underneath the monkey bars was…