Laval resident taking city of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to court over boardwalk fall
Global News
A Laval woman is taking the city of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to court. She claims the city is responsible for her injuries after she fell on the boardwalk almost three years ago.
Thursday was the first time Ayda Unlusoy had been back to the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue boardwalk since the incident.
She says stepping onto the wooden steps is emotional and difficult.
Back in August 2019, Unlusoy says she fell because of a dislodged plank on the boardwalk.
According to her, she suffered a fracture and had to wear a sling for several weeks.
Almost three years later, she says, she still undergoes physiotherapy treatments for the injury, and still has pain.
“The pain was terrible,” said Unlusoy. “I couldn’t sit down, I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t lay down.”
Unlusoy says she’s visited the boardwalk more times than she could count over the past four decades.
She wanted the city to take accountability for the incident, but she says, when she was told that the fall was her own fault, she resorted to legal action.