NEW ORLEANS - After tripping and falling over broken concrete, Valerie Dragon filed suit against K Mart Corp. on Oct. 1 in federal court in New Orleans.
The alleged incident occurred on April 4, 2011 as Dragon was a patron at a K Mart store located in Mandeville. As she was leaving the store and pushing her shopping cart, she tripped and fell due to broken and fragmented concrete in the front of the store.
She sustained a broken nose and other injuries.
The defendant is accused of negligence for failing to use reasonable care in maintaining the front of the store, failing to properly protect patrons from injury caused dangerous and defective broken and fragmented concrete, failing to repair the dangerous and defective broken and fragmented concrete, failing to properly maintain the front of the store, failing to establish proper procedures for maintaining the front of the store, and for creating or having actual or constructive notice of the condition which caused Dragon's injury.
The plaintiff is asking the court for an award of damages for pain, disability, medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional damages, interest, and court costs.
Dragon is represented by J. Douglas Sunseri, Svetlana "Lana" Crouch, and Edward C. Vocke IV. of Nicaud & Sunseri in Metairie.
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier is assigned to the case.
Case No. 2:12-cv-02412
Mandeville woman sues K Mart after tripping over broken concrete
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