Kmart settles suit with paralyzed good samaritan

Kmart made the decision to be responsible for her medical bills. They settled the case when they could hae gone to trial and be absolved of liability - but they also ran the risk of having a jury say they did bear responsibility.

It's a shitty lawyer who doesn't sue everyone that MAY bear some potential liability. This isnt a lib thing at all.

i don't agree with it, but here is what gave her the cause of action:

"Kmart had long claimed that it was not responsible for Williams’ injuries because they took place in the parking lot outside the store. Williams argued that the parking lot injuries were an extension of events that started inside Kmart — events that could have been prevented with the proper store security."

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terrible decision

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This is my thought. I see it (right or wrong) as the fact that Kmart is the target. Its equally easy to say that if she'd not involved herself in the issue in the first place, she'd be fine. Likewise, since she decided to do so, she enters that decision with a thought of risk. Why should Kmart be held liable for that decision?

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terrible decision


This is my thought. I see it (right or wrong) as the fact that Kmart is the target. Its equally easy to say that if she'd not involved herself in the issue in the first place, she'd be fine. Likewise, since she decided to do so, she enters that decision with a thought of risk. Why should Kmart be held liable for that decision?

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i agree. it seems only the robbery victim would have a possible case due to poor security.

"Williams was one of the store’s first customers that morning and went toward the layaway department. Dennison said she saw a younger woman — later identified as 31-year-old Katherine Johnson — try to grab an older woman’s purse as the older woman talked on a pay phone in the store.

Dennison called security twice — over the store’s loudspeaker and by telephone — but got no answer. Johnson finally gave up trying to take the woman’s purse at the pay phone and walked to the women’s clothing department, according to a deposition."

yep. there was sympathetic plaintiff.

Kmart sucks.