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Title: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: Chris_ on February 16, 2009, 07:11:43 AM: Quote
Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. â€” A 42-year-old man bitten by a snake in a Pembroke Pines Wal-Mart garden center is suing the company for negligence.

Jay Richitelli says he is the third Floridian in three years to be attacked in a Wal-Mart by a pygmy rattler. Two others were bitten in 2006 at the retailer's stores in Central Florida.

Richitelli's attorney says the Bentonville, Arkansas company should have taken steps to prevent the attacks after they happened before.

Wal-Mart wouldn't comment on the litigation filed in Broward County Circuit Court, but said customer safety is its top priority.

Richitelli says he still has respiratory problems and scars from the 2008 bite. But he's been back to Wal-Mart several times, saying their prices are too good to shop elsewhere.

WHAT AN ASP (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493248,00.html)
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: bijou on February 16, 2009, 08:22:52 AM: He's been back to WalMart? What a snake in the grass he is. :(
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: Miss Mia on February 16, 2009, 08:36:18 AM: Quote from: bijou on February 16, 2009, 08:22:52 AM
He's been back to WalMart? What a snake in the grass he is. :(

He was just laying in wait for his attack.
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: asdf2231 on February 16, 2009, 12:10:10 PM: Just wait and watch how Wal Mart tries to wriggle out of this...
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: Chris_ on February 16, 2009, 12:13:25 PM: Quote from: asdf2231 on February 16, 2009, 12:10:10 PM
Just wait and watch how Wal Mart tries to wriggle out of this...
They'll just scale back sales in certain areas.
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: bijou on February 16, 2009, 12:15:25 PM: Hmmm, I think that attorney speaks with forked tongue. This case is going nowhere.
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: Chris_ on February 16, 2009, 12:16:53 PM: Quote from: bijou on February 16, 2009, 12:15:25 PM
Hmmm, I think that attorney speaks with forked tongue. This case is going nowhere.
...just another venomous attack on Wally World.
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: Wretched Excess on February 16, 2009, 01:16:26 PM: I am assuming the rattler was an uninvited guest that had slithered in from the wild, and was hiding somewhere in the garden center. I doubt that wal-mart sells the dangerous reptiles. umm, right?
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: Chris_ on February 16, 2009, 07:05:59 PM: Quote from: Wretched Excess on February 16, 2009, 01:16:26 PM
I am assuming the rattler was an uninvited guest that had slithered in from the wild, and was hiding somewhere in the garden center. I doubt that wal-mart sells the dangerous reptiles. umm, right?

If you aren't slithering out by close of business, you'll find yourself wearing a SKU in the morning.
Title: Re: Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Post by: Crazy Horse on February 16, 2009, 07:34:40 PM: Did everyone miss that this was in Florida or did that thought just slither by??