Couple Files Negligence Suit Against Walgreens

Couple Files Negligence Suit Against Walgreens

Introduction

A slip-and-fall incident at one of Walgreens Co.'s Gulfport shops led to a lawsuit from a couple from Harrison County.

On March 30, 2022, outside the Walgreens on U.S. 49 to the north of Interstate 10, an accident occurred. In the federal negligence case, the plaintiff claims that she slid on a garbage bag that was "wet and mushy" due to rain, injuring herself when she slammed against her truck's seat, frame, and step-up bar. According to the lawsuit, she was in such much agony in her head, neck, back, and knees that it was difficult for her to even get up.

According to the lawsuit, she entered and asked a cashier whether garbage bags were placed outside. The cashier at Walgreens confirmed that, as is customary, personnel did indeed place the garbage bags in the parking lot.

The woman was instructed by a management to examine a security film of the parking lot, and her supervisor will get in touch with her later. The manager allegedly put on gloves to remove the garbage bags from the parking lot as the plaintiff was exiting the building, according to the lawsuit.

A Walgreens official allegedly contacted a few weeks later to confirm that an employee had really left the garbage bags.

The plaintiff and her husband contend that there were no posted warning signs and that the garbage bags put customers in "a dangerous and unreasonably unsafe" situation.

The couple is requesting punitive damages in addition to real damages based on medical expenditures. They are bringing a lawsuit against Walgreens, its parent firm, and any of the incident's workers.

A lawsuit merely represents one side in a legal dispute. Walgreens has not yet submitted a response to the lawsuit.