Posted on 11/30/2021 8:35:35 AM PST by BenLurkin
A jury has awarded $10 million to a South Carolina woman who sued Walmart after she needed multiple surgeries because of an infection that resulted from stepping on a rusty nail inside one of the company’s stores in Florence, her lawyers said.
“The weakness of Walmart’s case, among other things, was their failure to produce a video that they claim showed their conforming behavior to a company policy calling for employees to perform regular safety sweeps,” the news release said. “No such evidence was presented for the duration of the five-day-long trial.”
So the injury resulted in an infection that led to her leg being amputated below the knee.
Ouch
It was pure negligence on the part of the Wal Mart store. They admitted they didn’t follow policy about keeping the store clean and free of possible safety issues. They admitted that it was the nail that caused the injury and resulting medical issues. They screwed up start to finish and they’re paying the price for it.
If it ultimately led to the amputation of your leg would you still have not sued?
The only additional information the article provided was that she had to have her leg amputated and that Walmart admitted that she stepped on the nail in the store. How it all happened is not revealed.
Close that Walmart.
Note to self, carry a rusty nail with you.
“the greater of three times the actual damages or $500,000”
Problem is, what are the “actual damages” of losing a leg? I imagine you are talking about a significant portion of lost wages for the rest of your life, at a minimum.
I’ve stepped on nails they penetrated they steel sole insert of Vietnam jungle boots. You get a hammer, pull the nail, and move on with your life.
Walmart is going to argue that poor medical care contributed to anything beyond the original injury. After a few years, and countless billing hours for the attorneys, they’ll reach a settlement far, far short of the original award.
Why according to the attorney? Is there no transcript the intrepid reporter might check to corroborate?
Well, USAF-issue combat boots were no match for the nail I stepped on. Went right through the "heavy-duty" sole and into my foot. Headed to the base hospital for a tetanus shot and a bandaid. Was back at it in a couple of hours.
By stepping on it. I got one through my combat-boot-shod foot in Korea 30+ years ago.
Rusty nail is a whisky drink she may had a few before going to the store?.
man- i slipped and fell in a spilled milkshake at Walmart and i got up and told the door greeter to get a mop.
Then i went home.
there are people that intentionally spill liquid on the floor of a store, then do a fake fall, so that they can sue the store. I knew a person who tried to do that.
No playing tag now in Walmart!
But presumably it was sticking up through some wood or something when you managed that feet? (pun intended)
I’ve known this for decades. You are more likely to catch tetanus from a clean kitchen knife then you are from a rusty nail.
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