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."
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.
Hey, they may Win! Remember when McDonalds found out the hard way that Coffee is HOT
Originally posted by 1Bahnerjet
Hey, they may Win! Remember when McDonalds found out the hard way that Coffee is HOT
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....
ONLY IN AMERICA!!!!!
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.
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.........."
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.
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/i...lawyersmug.gif
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.
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