A South Carolina woman has just won a $ 10 million lawsuit against the Walmart chain of stores after she suffered an accident at one of its branches in Florence County in 2015.
That year, April Jones was walking down one of the chain's aisles when she saw some wooden pallets
on the floor and felt a sharp pain in his foot, The Washington Post reports.
Apparently, according to the lawsuit he filed in 2017, there was
a rusty nail that went through his shoe
and penetrated his right foot.
Jones immediately went to the hospital to have his wound treated, but an infection developed.
Court records, however, do not specify what kind.
The woman, who is a grandmother and participates in church activities in her community, received a tetanus shot and
was prescribed antibiotics before leaving the hospital.
Walmart said through a spokesperson that it does not believe "that the verdict is supported by evidence or that Ms. Jones' injury is the result of what was alleged in her lawsuit." Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
But days later, doctors recommended that a finger be amputated due to an acute infection, then a few more fingers, and finally the right leg at the knee.
Since then,
Jones has been in a wheelchair
.
"I was supposed to go to Disney World with my grandson ... but I'm not going," Jones told the aforementioned newspaper.
"I feel like ... it would lessen the fun for everyone else and I don't want that," he added.
According to his lawyers, the $ 10 million will help Jones adapt his house to his condition,
buy a prosthesis and cover other medical expenses.
"We are forever grateful," Roy Willey IV, one of Jones's attorneys, said in a statement announcing the verdict.
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Randy Hargrove, a spokesman for Walmart, said the company has already filed post-trial motions in court.
"We appreciate the service of the jury, however, we do not believe that the verdict is supported by evidence or that Ms. Jones' injury is the result of what was alleged in her lawsuit," Hargrove said.
Walmart's attorneys also said
the type of nail found in Jones's foot was too short
to hold the wooden pallets.