Patricia DeBoo, 61, was shopping at Menard’s when she was struck in the head by a bathroom vanity that was inadvertently pushed off a high shelf by a Menard’s employee. The worker was operating a forklift in an adjacent aisle and attempting to bring down some merchandise from the high storage shelf.
DeBoo alleged in her lawsuit that she suffered a cervical end-plate fracture3 at C-6, right sternoclavicular injury at L4-5, facet arthropathy and sacroiliac joint injury, which resulted in more than $44,000 in medical bills.
The defendant admitted liability, but argued at trial that only the spinal fracture and sternoclavicular injury were related to this incident. The defendant maintained that the low back injury was not related to this accident.
The jury returned a verdict of $150,000 made up of the following damages:
• $75,000 for pain and suffering;
• $60,000 for loss of normal life; and
• $15,000 for medical expenses.
The attorneys representing Patricia were Richard L. Turner, Jr. and Alice Henrikson. The demand before trial was $385,000. The defendant, Menard Inc., offered $30,000 to settle the case prior to the beginning of the trial.
Patricia DeBoo v. Menard, Inc., No. 10 L 11 (DeKalb County, Ill.).
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