Wal-Mart Plastic Bag Lawsuit Filed: Overfilled Bag Caused Woman’s Death
Will this Wal-Mart plastic bag lawsuit ever prosper? A man from Nebraska sued Walmart because its plastic shopping bag snapped, which led to the death of his wife.
Via FOX News:
The lawsuit says the bag failed on April 16, 2010, outside a Wal-Mart store in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue. The lawsuit says a cashier placed two 42-ounce cans of a La Choy product and a 2-pound bag of rice in a single bag and handed it to Lynette Freis.
The bag broke as she carried it to her car, the lawsuit says, and one of the cans fell on her right big toe, cutting and fracturing it. The injuries led to an infection that spread through her body and, despite antibiotics, hospitalizations and two surgical procedures, “ultimately resulted in her death on March 12, 2011.”
The lawsuit seeks nearly $657,000 for medical and funeral expenses, plus an unspecified amount for her pain and suffering and the loss to her husband.