PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman who sustained various bodily injuries in the produce section of a Giant Eagle grocery store has filed a negligence lawsuit against the supermarket chain.
Rebecca Stile of Pittsburgh filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Sept. 28 versus Giant Eagle, Inc., of Monroeville.
Stile says she was shopping in the Monroeville Giant Eagle grocery store on Aug. 10, 2019, where she came upon the produce section – featuring products which the suit states need continuous moisture and irrigation to be properly maintained for sale.
The plaintiff argues that the store negligently allowed water from the produce irrigation system to spread to the floor. However, she adds the store did not provide warning of slipping hazards on the store floor created by the produce irrigation.
As a result of that inherently dangerous condition, Stile says she fell when shopping in the aisle, and suffered serious injuries to her head, arms, knee and back in the process.
For a count of negligence, the plaintiff is seeking damages in excess of the arbitration limits of this county, including fees and costs as deemed appropriate by the Court, plus a trial by jury
The plaintiff is represented by David C. Brumfield of Alpern Schubert, in Pittsburgh.
The defendant has not yet secured legal counsel.
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas case GD-20-010259
From the Pennsylvania Record: Reach Courts Reporter Nicholas Malfitano at nick.malfitano@therecordinc.com