WILLIAMSON – A Williamson man is claiming negligence after he was injured when a railing collapsed at a Charleston property.
Joseph Marcum filed a complaint in Mingo Circuit Court against Williamson Treatment Center LLC alleging negligent inspection and maintenance and premises liability.
According to the suit, Marcum was at the defendant's property in Williamson on Dec. 28, 2018. He alleges that when he leaned against a railing at the entrance to the facility, the railing collapsed and caused him to fall and sustain injuries.
Marcum alleges the railing was improperly installed and was not secure.
Marcum seeks compensation, interest, a trial by jury and all other just relief. He is represented by Joshua Ferrell and Nathan Brown of Ferrell & Brown PLLC in Williamson.
The case has been assigned to Circuit Judge Miki Thompson.
Mingo Circuit Court case number 19-C-167