Tom Papakalodoukas, a 41- year old Florida man won a slip-and-fall case against Walmart on Wednesday and was awarded almost $1.3 million, the Daily Mail reports.
Papakalodoukas fell on a Gatorade sign that was lying on the floor while shopping at a Walmart in Port St. Lucie. During the fall he tore his right biceps tendon and has been left with a bulging arm, a problem known as a ‘Popeye deformity’.
Surveillance footage recorded a Gatorade sign falling and Papakalodoukas slipping on it a few minutes later.
Walmart denied fault, claiming that its employees did not have time to remove the fallen sign before Papakalodoukas fell. The jury disagreed.Read more at the Daily Mail.