http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2011/04/13/news/doc4da5bf63e9c23848531666.txt
A Sterling Heights woman who watched the movie “Up in the Air” is alleging in a lawsuit that she was injured by something that came down through the air as she left the theater.
Kari Colling is suing Uptown Entertainment, Inc., the owner and operator of the Uptown Palladium movie theater in Birmingham, alleging that she was struck on the head with an object believed to be the letter “H” from the theater’s marquee.
Colling said in her Oakland County Circuit Court lawsuit that the letter either fell from the marquee or was dropped while someone was changing the letters to movie titles as she was exiting the theater at about 10:30 p.m. Jan. 8, 2010.
According to the lawsuit, Colling suffered severe shock and a concussion, with injuries to her head, neck, face, jaw and shoulders.
“She ended up going to the hospital, and she’s followed up with her family doctor and a neurologist,” said her attorney, Brian Kingsley.
Kingsley said the incident was reported to theater management immediately after it happened.
“We have not seen the lawsuit, and therefore we are not in a position to comment at this time,” Barbara Zanetti, senior director of Uptown Entertainment, said Tuesday.
Among the allegations in the lawsuit is that Uptown Entertainment, Inc., through its employees, was negligent in maintaining the theater’s exterior premises in a reasonably safe condition.
Colling is asking for damages in an unspecified amount greater than $25,000, the minimum amount for a case to be heard at the circuit court level. The matter has been assigned to Oakland Circuit Judge Leo Bowman.
