2 Chicago Injury Lawsuits: Sears and Treasure Island Foods Sued for Premises Liability
A woman has filed a Cook County injury lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck, and Co. for inadequate security. In her Chicago premises liability complaint, Christine Granberry is seeking over $100,000.
Granberry says that after shopping at the Sears on 1334 E. 795h Street, she went back to her vehicle, which she had parked in the store’s parking lot. When she got there she was assaulted by someone trying to steal her purse. She says the person “violently” knocked her to the pavement and kicked her multiple times, causing her to sustain permanent, serious physical injuries and experience severe, prolonged pain that will last for as long as she lives.
Granberry’s Chicago injury complaint accuses Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Sears Holdings Corp. of failing to maintain surveillance cameras that worked in the store’s parking lot, failing to monitor the area, failing to provide a security presence, and failing to help her during the assault.
Department stores can be held liable for Chicago premises liability if a hazard in the store or parking lot causes injury or death and the store owner and/or property owner could have acted to prevent the Chicago personal injury accident from happening.
Just last week, our Chicago injury lawyers posted an account about an octogenarian who settled her premises liability lawsuit against Target for $7 million. Claire Putnam fell after the store’s swinging door hit her. The door then struck her head after she had fallen. She sustained a traumatic brain injury from her Chicago fall accident. In September, Sears was sued for Chicago premises liability by another woman who says she slipped and fell on vomit and paper towel that had been left on a store floor.
On Friday, another woman sued another store for Chicago trip and fall. Claudette Minghetti says that on November 12, 2007, she tripped and fell because a box was left on the floor in the floral department of Treasure Island, a specialty store on the North Side.
Minghetti’s Chicago injury lawsuit accuses LD Trading and Wise and Treasure Island Foods of improperly leaving the box on the ground and neglecting to warn people it was there. She is seeking over $30,000 for damages she sustained from their alleged negligence.
Woman sues Sears after being mugged, Private Officer News, October 17, 2009
Woman sues grocery store after tripping over a box, WBBM Newsradio, October 16, 2009
Related Web Resource:
Proving Fault in Accidents on Dangerous or Defective Property, Nolo
