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Slipped on unmarked wet floor at a grocery store

Linh slipped on a grocery store floor. The store said it wasn't their fault.

Linh Tran·58·Seattle, WA
Linh Tran

Settlement

$67,000

I was buying eggs. That's all. I went around an aisle and my feet went out from under me. I landed on my hip and I knew right away something was wrong.

The store manager was nice that day. A week later, when I asked about my medical bills, he said the floor wasn't wet and there was nothing on the cameras.

My lawyer subpoenaed the footage. There was a 14-minute window between a spill and a 'wet floor' sign being put up. I fell at minute nine.

We settled out of court. It paid for the surgery and then some. I still shop there. The floors are very clean now.

How the settlement broke down

  • Hip surgery + PT$28,000
  • Lost income$9,000
  • Pain and suffering$30,000

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