Yes, I know.......unless WM is found liable in this case, I doubt we'll ever know whole story about this tragic case.
However, my last two kids were only 22 months apart & I well remember the "job" of shopping with them by myself @ ages 3 & 5....;o)
No way I would ever let any of my 3 yr. olds out of the cart in any store, & surely not in these 'super' stores we have now.
Well I still don't see with the info there how anyone could "blame" either the store or the mom...
As many have said - accidents happen....
As to why he wasn't in a cart.. hard to say... it's been so many years since my youngest was 3 ... I think I must have blocked out all shopping experiences from that time frame.. laugh...
I would love to say ... I ALWAYS had him in the seat in the cart - but I certainly wouldn't swear to it.. he was a handful and a 1/2 - I DO remember going shopping after 12m on my way home from work ... just so I didn't have to have him with me... laugh....