Posted on 12/17/2024 5:24:32 PM PST by algore
Walmart has been ordered to pay millions of dollars to the family of the boy who died after a store incident.
Tamika Springer sued the retail giant for creating a 'dangerous and unsafe condition' within their Fort Lauderdale store after her son, Saiy'yah Allen-Bey, then seven, walked into a metal stock cart and hit his head in a walkway in November 2020.
Springer, of Miami Gardens, Florida, claimed that her son passed away in May of 2023 after suffering from a serious head injury and seizures for two and a half years as a result of the accident.
On day five of the civil trial, the company said the child caused his own injuries by being 'inattentive' and failing to pay attention to where he was going.
On Friday, a jury awarded Allen-Bey's family $2.7 million, as a spokesperson for Leeder Law - the firm representing his loved ones - said the 'verdict is a bittersweet victory.'
The jury initially awarded the child's family $9 million but later determined that the retail store was only 30 percent responsible for the boy's injuries.
'Walmart’s negligence stole a future filled with incredible promise of a young artist. We hope this verdict serves as a wake-up call to corporations everywhere: prioritize safety and following its own safety rules or face the consequences.'
Walmart attorney's questioned whether or not the accident was the reason for his diagnosis and ultimate death three years later.
The motion filed by the company noted how a stock cart is so not inherently dangerous that it doesn't constitute as a dangerous condition.
They also mentioned how one angle of the store's surveillance footage depicted the boy running out of the frame and down the aisle seconds before the accident occurred - despite the accident itself not being visible.
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This one does not.
I agree with you.
Wonder how many times she beat her kid.
How did they arrive at the “just compensation” number?
Uh. Yeah, sure. Family goes back four generations at least. Owned a lot of orange groves.
If he ran into a parked car in the parking lot, would that be Walmart’s fault too? Almost the same thing.
Mother is to blame more than anyone else if he was running wild in the store. Also, not enough detail to know how they connected his passing a few years later to running into the cart.
I would like to see that jury.
Ahuh.
Parents not controlling their kids and blaming the store for not running a 30,000 sq ft "dumb a$$" safe space for junior D.A.
other freepers are not alone thinking, stupid should hurt and not be a payday.
Young artist.
Their filing also noted how Allen previously testified telling her brother to watch out for the cart as he was looking backward but that it was too late.
‘Here, unfortunately, [Allen-Bey] was inattentive and failed to walk around a stock cart’s handles that were observed by his sister, who was not walking with her head turned.’
Sounds like he was being a kid and doing something foolish.
The article also states that if the case had been filed after the new FL tort reform, Walmart would not have been responsible for anything as they were only deemed 30% responsible.
With names like Tamika and Saiy’yah, the verdict was known before the case was even heard in court.
Here is a good summation video of the McDonald’s coffee case:
https://youtu.be/pCkL9UlmCOE?si=Xy1MwQIKEC2HyTQB
7 year old promising young artist?
Only in America!
America - the land of lawfare opportunity!
If that means that the kid and his mother were 70% responsible, then they should pay Walmart $6.3 million.
of course all black kids with weird names and dreads are all promising somethings.
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