Walmart Shopper Who Broke His Hip Reaching for a Watermelon Awarded $7.5MILLION in Lawsuit | Tribunist

Walmart Shopper Who Broke His Hip Reaching for a Watermelon Awarded $7.5MILLION in Lawsuit | Tribunist:
"Henry Walker was just 59-years-old when he suffered a broken hip and foot after a produce related incident in a Walmart.
He sued the retail giant and won.
The jury has awarded him a $7.5million verdict to compensate him for the damages Walker sustained when he reached for a watermelon.
“The decision to reward $2.5million in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages was reached by a jury comprised of seven African-Americans and five whites,” The Daily Mail notes.
How does reaching for a watermelon end in court?
Walker claims his foot became trapped beneath the pallet that was holding the over-sized carton of melons.
When he reached in for one of the fruits at a Phenix City, Alabama Walmart on June 25, 2015, he couldn’t extricate himself from the crate.
The weight of the melon and the stuck foot ended in catastrophe..."