Jeanine Pirro has filed a $250,000 slip-and-fall suit against the City of Rye and Con Edison after tripping over a piece of plywood embedded in gravel on a local road, alleging serious injuries and ongoing pain related to the August 28 incident.

The fall happened on August 28 on Boston Post Road in Rye, about a mile from Pirro’s five-bedroom home in Westchester County. Police reports say the 74-year-old looked both ways before crossing and then went down hard on the roadway. That single misstep set in motion a negligence claim against both the municipality and a utility company.

“Next thing I know I am face planted on my right side.”

Pirro told responding officers she suffered bleeding from her lips and hands, broken glasses, and an open scrape on her knee after the fall. Two men nearby helped her to the sidewalk, where she sat on the grass to compose herself before noticing what tripped her. When she stepped back into the street, she found a protrusion in the gravel that had caught her foot.

“After a few minutes, I walked back into the street and saw a protrusion sticking out of gravel where I fell.”

Rye police returned the next day to photograph the scene, and an officer recorded that the piece of wood was “speculated to be a part of construction work on the road.” The amended complaint filed in Westchester County names Con Edison as a co-defendant alongside the City of Rye, alleging the road condition resulted from a utility job where workers laid gravel. The suit seeks $250,000 in damages for the injuries and related losses.

An amended complaint lodged Wednesday accuses both the city and Con Edison of negligence and asserts that Pirro’s injuries were more extensive than the on-scene description. The filing details the physical consequences she claims to have suffered and the ongoing nature of her symptoms. The pleadings are typical in structure but carry extra attention because of her public role.

“As a result of defendants’ negligence, Ms. Pirro sustained serious personal injuries, including but not limited to bruises and contusions to the head, eye, face, and shoulder areas, together with pain, discomfort, and limitation of movement.”

The complaint also says Pirro “continues to experience pain and suffering” after the fall, even though she appeared on Fox News Sunday three days later, on August 31, with no visible bruising on her face. Both Con Edison and the Rye Corporation Counsel declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. Pirro is represented in the case by her ex-husband, Al Pirro.

This is an awkward headline for someone who now serves as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, but politics and practical safety are separate questions. Slip-and-fall cases carry cultural baggage in conservative circles, and skepticism toward a trial-lawyer-driven litigation culture is understandable. Still, conservatives who respect rule of law should also respect legitimate claims rooted in observable hazards.

The core issue is simple and local: a piece of plywood buried in loose gravel on a public road caused a person to fall. If a 74-year-old trips over a construction remnant on a roadway maintained by a city and disturbed by a utility crew, pursuing a claim to fix the hazard and seek compensation is not automatically frivolous. Municipal and corporate actors often remediate dangerous conditions only when legal exposure makes it necessary.

Conservative instincts caution against turning every injury into a payday for lawyers, but there is a clear line between manufactured claims and real hazards that endanger pedestrians. This case rests on an easily defined factual question: did the City of Rye and Con Edison leave a dangerous condition in a public roadway and fail to address it? The answer will come from the photographs, witness statements, and any construction records uncovered in discovery.

The presence of Al Pirro as counsel adds a charged backstory: he was pardoned by Donald Trump during his first term after convictions related to tax crimes, and his involvement ensures extra attention. Attorney-client dynamics do not depend on marital harmony, and legal representation by a familiar name will predictably amplify tabloid interest. That publicity is a distraction from the narrow legal questions the court must resolve.

Pirro was confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia on August 2, less than a month before the fall, bringing a long career as a prosecutor and public official to bear on her decision to sue. With both defendants declining comment, the dispute will proceed in Westchester County court and be shaped by the evidence, not the headlines. The $250,000 demand is modest by many personal-injury measures, and the outcome will hinge on whether the record supports the claim of a dangerous road condition.