According to court filings, Walworth and she had known each other for decades before dating in 2015 and getting engaged in 2017, according to court filings.
On Feb 18, 2018, Walworth was at Khoury’s Cleveland West Park area home when he stumbled and fell. Khoury had requested that he transport a box containing four one-gallon jugs of vinegar from her car to her basement, so he hauled the box through a back door.
He claimed that he tripped over a pair of black and grey shoes left on the top of the basement’s steps. His right foot then hit the lip of the stair tread as he lost his balance and fell down the stairwell.
According to Chamberlain, the fall was “tragic and violent.” He said that his client had over $80,000 in medical bills and lost more than $18,000 in income due to his inability to work for several months.
Khoury’s home insurance company provided two attorneys who claimed that her shoes were out in the open and did not pose a risk to any reasonable adult.
Attorneys C. Joseph McCullough and Katherine Clemons of a Cincinnati-based firm said that Khoury’s guilt did not imply that she accepted legal responsibility for his injuries.
They further pointed out that Walworth stated in his sworn evidence that Khoury’s shoes were not hidden or covered and were sitting out in the open.
“Had Mr. Walworth used ordinary care and simply looked where he was going, especially given he was about to go down a set of stairs, he would have easily seen the shoes on the floor,” Khoury’s attorneys said.
Walworth and Khoury married in May of 2019, more than a year after the incident, and they are still together.
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