Melon Mishap Splatters Walmart with $7.5M Negligence Award
A Phenix City jury slapped Wal-Mart with a $7.5M verdict, including $5M in punitive damages, after finding the store negligent for injuries a customer sustained when he fell after retrieving a watermelon from a large box on a pallet.
November 15, 2017 at 02:45 PM
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An Alabama jury awarded $7.5 million to man who suffered a broken hip and foot when he fell while fishing a watermelon out of box at a Phenix City Walmart.
The award included $5 million in punitive damages for the plaintiff, Henry Walker.
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