A Cook County woman has filed a lawsuit against Northwestern requesting $50,000 for negligence after she fell outside Scott Hall and suffered “severe and permanent personal … injuries” in May 2013.

The lawsuit, which was filed May 8, states Frances Larimer was a “business invitee” of the University on May 17, 2013, when she tripped and fell on a step on Scott Hall’s entryway.

The lawsuit claims NU “improperly operated … and/or controlled its premises” by failing to provide appropriate slip guards or slip resistant surfaces on the entryway and its steps.

“She fell as a result of a defect in Northwestern property,” Daniel O’Brien, Larimer’s lawyer, told The Daily.

NU spokesman Al Cubbage told The Daily he could not comment because the University has not seen the lawsuit.

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