Woman Suffers Permanent Injuries in Grocery Store Slip and Fall

This case involves a slip and fall that occurred at a grocery store. At the time of the incident in question, the Plaintiff was shopping with her young daughter, who was playing the augmented reality game Pokemon Go, when she entered the produce section of the store. Shortly before she arrived in the produce section, a large spill of strawberries had taken place, which grocery store staff had been alerted to. Despite the fact that staff was aware of the spill, no measures were taken to warn customers of the danger, to block off the spill, or to clean it up. As a result, the woman was looking at her daughter’s Pokemon Go screen when stepped on one of the strawberries and fell, suffering a skull fracture as well as a severe concussion. The woman has since suffered from a persistent decline in her cognitive abilities and will require a lifetime of ongoing care.

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Expert Witness Response E-008972

Berries are a sort of product that would typically call for a mat to be placed in the display area so as to reduce the risk of slips and falls in the event that the produce spills. Furthermore, once a spill has occurred and been cleaned, it is standard for the site to be marked off with signage or monitored by an employee while the floor is still wet. In this case, the store’s staff clearly failed to take appropriate measures to prevent this accident from occurring. I have considerable hands-on grocery experience and have worked on cases very similar to this in the past.

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