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Woman Sues Wal-Mart After Slipping on Wet Floor

Two years and repeated surgeries later, June and James Medema of Blue Grass, Iowa, filed suit against retailer Wal-Mart May 22, alleging negligence led to June Medema suffering permanent injuries in a June 13, 2005, fall at the Wal-Mart Super Center in Davenport, Iowa.

Vomit Alleged As Causing Slip & Fall

Medema allegedly slipped in a pool of vomit. The suit does not specify how the store was negligent. The person who had become sick in the store has not been identified. The Medemas are asking for at least $5,000 in damages.

John Simley, a spokesman for Wal-Mart, declined comment. “We haven’t seen the suit and we can’t comment on something we haven’t seen,” he said.

In the spring of 2007, attorney Michael K. Bush took out a classified advertisement in a Davenport newspaper seeking witnesses to the incident. June Medema allegedly suffered serious neck and upper back injuries and is disabled from work Bush said.

9.400 Lawsuits Pending vs. Retailer

Wal-Mart employs 1.8 million people in 3,900 stores in the United States and 2,700 employees in other countries. The first store opened in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated seven years later, Wal-Mart is now the world’s largest retail store.

The Medema’s suit is one of 9,400 pending against the retail giant in the U.S. court system. Wal-Mart ranks behind only the federal government as the most sued entity in the world. Suits include against Wal-Mart shoppers slipping on recently cleaned floors as well as sex discrimination claims from its employees.

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