$350K judgment against a store after a shopper tripped on the stub of a missing parking sign
The jury awarded $500,000 and put 70% of the fault on the store for a stub someone else apparently left behind.
Amount awarded by the jury $350,000 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (removed from Hamilton County Circuit Court) · August 23, 2023 · Hamilton County, Tennessee
A federal jury in Chattanooga awarded $500,000 to a retired elementary school teacher who tripped over the broken stub of a handicap parking sign in a big-box store’s parking lot.
The sign had apparently been taken by a third party, leaving a metal stub about 2.5 inches above the pavement. She fell over it and broke her pelvis in two places and her shoulder. She argued that the store either broke the sign or failed to spot and fix the hazard. The store denied fault.
The case was filed in Hamilton County Circuit Court and moved to federal court. After a two-day trial ending August 23, 2023, the jury found the store 70% at fault and the shopper 30% at fault. The court reduced the $500,000 award by her share and entered judgment for $350,000. The parties filed a joint notice that the judgment had been satisfied in September 2023.
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