Category: falling merchandise

FALLING MERCHANSIDE – WAREHOUSE STORES – Sam’s Club – COSTCO – Lowes – HOME DEPOT – Ikea – Superstores – Target – Wal-Mart – K-Mart

Falling merchandise is often a problem in warehouse stores. As a result, shoppers are often injured when stacked merchandise topples over striking shopper causing serious personal injuries. A jury discovered that one store said, “it was cheaper to handle injury claims then to carefully store the merchandise.” Tens of thousands of injuries have occurred nationwide…

IKEA Ι JURY VERDICT $3.2 million dollars Ι FALLING MERCHANDISE Ι Warehouse store Ι IKEA,USA Ι

A 33 year old woman was recently awarded $3.2 million in damages for injuries she suffered in 2006 when a 350-lb. stack of eight foot countertops fell on her in one of IKEA’s stores. The plaintiff suffered four fractures of her pelvis and alleged permanent injuries. It sounds as though liability against IKEA was pretty…