A Fort Lauderdale jury ruled a supermarket was not liable for a shopper’s claimed injuries.

In 2012, Katherine Decker, 51, was at a Publix Super Market in Tamarac. While in the dairy aisle, she lost her balance and fell. She was diagnosed with a cartilage tear in her left wrist, a torn medial meniscus in her left knee, and bulges and herniations at several spinal discs. She had multiple surgeries. Decker claimed the store failed to clear away a slippery substance promptly. Both sides argued over whether a video showed a customer dropping something which was not cleared away.

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