Couple sues Wal-Mart over broken grocery bag

[carbonmarine]

that it ! nothing surpises me anymore.....
* Couple sues Wal-Mart over broken grocery bag
A Mt. Pleasant Township couple wants Wal-Mart to pay for foot and toe injuries they claim were caused by canned goods and condiments that tumbled from an overfilled plastic grocery bag.
According to a two-count civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Westmoreland County, Brenda and Ronald Sager contend a plastic bag they brought home from the East Huntingdon Township store last month was deficient and overstuffed.
The bag, which contained a 32-ounce jar of Miracle Whip, a 46-ounce bottle of ketchup, three 15-ounce cans of fruit, an 18-ounce bottle of ranch dressing and a 12-ounce bottle of mustard, broke open when the Sagers returned home and started to put away their groceries.
That's when the handle tore and the bottom of the bag broke, the Sagers claim.
"... all of the contents of said small plastic bag immediately fell onto and struck the right ankle, foot and toes of the plaintiff, Brenda Sager," the lawsuit said.
The 14-page complaint filed by attorney John Scales claims Brenda Sager suffered numerous injuries including cracked and damaged toenails. Brenda Sager also claims she sustained more serious permanent injuries and other physical problems, such as ligament damage and a broken right foot.
The Sagers contend Wal-Mart was at fault for her injuries. The store, they claim, failed to properly instruct and train its employees to correctly bag products, negligently provided a defective bag, recklessly overpacked the bag by placing in it too many heavy items, failed to double- or triple-bag the purchases, and placed Brenda Sager in a "position of peril."
She is seeking damages in excess of $30,000.
Her husband also is seeking that amount in damages, claiming that as a result of his wife's injuries he has been deprived of her attention and comfort and suffered a loss of consortium.
Store co-manager Scott Kubica said Wal-Mart workers did nothing wrong and did not overpack the Sagers' bag.
"Those bags are good for 10 or 15 pounds," Kubica said.
There apparently is no industry standard for packing grocery bags, according to an official with the National Grocer's Association, a Virginia-based organization that operates an annual competition for grocery bagging.
"Bags tend to be underpacked," said NGA staffer Karen Vorhees.
In competition, baggers are judged on the speed in which they pack bags as well as weight distribution among the bags. Points are subtracted for broken bags.
In their lawsuit, the Sagers said Wal-Mart should have made sure their bag didn't break.
The store "failed to use two or three bags or whatever number of bags were necessary to accommodate the heavy items placed in said bag."

[Infomaniac]

Her husband also is seeking that amount in damages, claiming that as a result of his wife's injuries he has been deprived of her attention and comfort and suffered a loss of consortium.
I guess he gets pleasure from her foot up his butt?
He might like it more with a cast on it.

[1Bahnerjet]

Hey, they may Win! Remember when McDonalds found out the hard way that Coffee is HOT :rolleyes:

[Ntwotrance]

Originally posted by 1Bahnerjet
Hey, they may Win! Remember when McDonalds found out the hard way that Coffee is HOT :rolleyes:
Then again, society is getting tired of it, quite like fat people eating fatty foods and thinking it's healthy for them, then when they continue to balloon out they find out it's not actually healthy and they sue, only to have the suit pretty much laughed out of court....

[76BARRON]

ONLY IN AMERICA!!!!!

[Havasu Cig]

30k for cracked and damaged toenails!!! Lawyers are the downfall of this country.
I spent two years in federal court being sued by a scumbag f@#king lawyer that made up all kinds of $hit. His client was not smart enough, so I know it was the lawyer behind all the lies. We won, but it took two years.
BS lawsuits really piss me off. :mad:

[SchellSchock]

Heard about some guy sueing a cable company for him his wife and his kids getting fat do to the cable company not turning off his cable as he requested and they all became couch potatoes.
Best part he is requesting $5,000.00 in damages AND cable Internet for life.
To quote my favorite cartoon character.......
"WHAT A MAROON.........."

[TexasJet]

A little closer to home, didn't Ultra Marine get sued for 30 mil because someone got cut by a propeller on one of their boats? This was shortly after the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the engine and boat manufacturer could be sued over something like this.

[MagicMtnDan]

Steel mesh bags might be the solution but they're expensive then they'd be too heavy and if the bag dropped on someone's foot there's another lawsuit right there.
Maybe the answer is for them to have a Walmart employee carry the groceries home for each and every shopper so no bags break ever.
Nah, here's the real solution:
http://www.asftickets.com/GiftShop/images/killalllawyersmug.gif

[HighRoller]

This country is gonna end up like the SouthPark episode where everybody sues until only two people have the money in town and they just sue each other back and forth. While the lawyers are certainly part of the problem, the judges are the real culprits. Any judge who would let people sue a tobacco company because smoking harmed them should be shot. On the good side, I am proceeding with my lawsuit against the porn industry for giving me carpal tunnel syndrome.

[Her454]

Originally posted by SchellSchock
Heard about some guy sueing a cable company for him his wife and his kids getting fat do to the cable company not turning off his cable as he requested and they all became couch potatoes.
Best part he is requesting $5,000.00 in damages AND cable Internet for life.
To quote my favorite cartoon character.......
"WHAT A MAROON.........."
I heard about that and I couldnt f'ng believe it.
" I SUED WALMART in 1994 and lost. They did everything possible to make it look like I was negligent in their store and wanted to put my then 7 year old on the stand - it was horrible. At Christmas time I was walking through the vacuum cleaner aisle to get some vacuum cleaner bags and somone on the other side had climbed up to get something off the shelf and knocked one of the boxes that were stacked way up high off....and it hit me in the head and neck...almost knocked me out. They took pictures in the store and took me up front and took a report etc. The only witness was my daughter and another 2 ladies that only spoke spanish and apparently were illegal and didnt want to get involved. A friend of mine was in the other aisle and saw the person climbing up to make the box fall but didnt actually see anything hit me..it was a nightmare and a crock of shit. Cant believe how these people can get away with this when someone that actually gets hurt cant get compensated. I've never sued anyone in my life and the only reason I even went after Wal Mart was because when I went back to get the report the next day, they wouldnt give it to me, said I had to go through the corporate office etc and gave me the major run around. Anyway, there was a segment on 60 minutes about a year later that investigated WalMart for all the "accidents" in their stores and how they need to stack things differently as it was unsafe and they complied. Wow, that was long winded, sorry.

[MagicMtnDan]

Originally posted by HighRoller
carpal tunnel syndrome.
Isn't that what a woman gets when she spends too much time using her finger to please herself? :D

[76BARRON]

I think you can get a pretty good deal on steel toe boots at walmart. and helmets too !!!:D

[h2oski2fast]

Shoot those people in the head, that'll get rid of the pain and suffering and hang the ****in' scumbag lawyer who filed the case!:mad: :mad: :mad:

[twistedpair]

I particularly like the shopping list. Maybe if the Fat F@#* would get off the 'Bratwurst and Fruit Cocktail Diet', she could have wriggled her Hammer-Toes out of the way of danger!
The bag, which contained a 32-ounce jar of Miracle Whip, a 46-ounce bottle of ketchup, three 15-ounce cans of fruit, an 18-ounce bottle of ranch dressing and a 12-ounce bottle of mustard, broke open when the Sagers returned home and started to put away their groceries.

[Fiat48]

And now it's time for the Stella Awards:
Who said that America isn't the land of opportunity!?!?!
The "Stella" awards rank up there with the Darwin awards.
Stella Liebeck is the 81 year old lady who spilled coffee on
herself and sued McDonalds. This case inspired an annual
award - The "Stella" Award - for the most frivolous lawsuit in
the U.S. The following are this year's candidates:
1. January 2000: Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas was
awarded $780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her
ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture
store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised
at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little brat was Ms.
Robertson's son.
2. June 1998: A 19 year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won
$74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his
hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice
there was someone at the wheel of the car, when he was trying
to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.
3. October 1998: A Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania
was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the
garage. He was not able to get the garag e door to go up since
the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't
re-enter the house because the door connecting the house
and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on
vacation. Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for
eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a
large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance
claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish.
he jury agreed to the tune of half a million dollars.
4. October 1999: Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas was
awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on
the buttocks by his next door neighbor's beagle. The beagle
was on a chain in it's owner's fenced-in yard. The award was
less than sought because the jury felt the dog might have been
just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who was
shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
5. May 2000: A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay
Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $113,500 after
she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx. The beverage
was on the floor because Ms. Carson threw it at her boyfriend
30 seconds earlier during an argument.
6. December 1997: Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware
successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring
city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and
knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms Walton
was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to
avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded
$12,000 and dental expenses.
7. And the winner is: Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City.
In November 2000 Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32
foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having
joined the freeway, he set the cruise control 70 mph and
calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make
himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly the Winnie left the
freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued
Winnebago for not showing him in the handbook that he
couldn't actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000
plus a new Winnie. (Winniebago actually changed their
handbooks on the back of this court case, just in case
there are any other complete morons buying their vehicles)

[sorry dog]

The lady of course is embellishing her story but I gotta side with her on this one.
Everybody knows those Walmart bags are pieces of shit. On more than one occaison I've had a six pack of Coronas bagged by themselves tear out the bottom of bag and break one or two.
I think Walmart owes me a 6 pack for damages and another 6 pack for mental anguish!

[OLDRAT]

Maybe these two assholes need to get the number of the lawyer that lottery bitch had retained.

[likwidsukr]

Originally posted by 76BARRON
ONLY IN AMERICA!!!!!
:confused: :eek: :D