Expert Needed for Dress Store Accident Claim, Court Rules
A woman injured in a dress shop when she tripped on a platform and got hit by a mannequin cannot sue the store for damages based on the store's configuration, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Thursday.
October 12, 2017 at 02:39 PM
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A woman injured in a dress shop when she tripped on a platform and got hit by a mannequin cannot sue the store for damages based on the store's configuration, a New Jersey appeals court ruled on Thursday.
The two-judge Appellate Division panel in Rieger v. Ann said the plaintiff failed to show the store did not exercise the proper standard of care when it set up the mannequin display near a three-way mirror.
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