Personal Liability for Supermarkets
A lawsuit is being filed filed against the Shanghai Auchan Hypermarket by a man that was nearly paralyzed after a fall in the store.
On the 9th July this year, 23 year old Jiang Yangtuo, a shanghai university studentjumped the escalator handrails of the Zhongyuan branch of the hypermarket attempting to retrive a toothbrush that he had dropped. However, the foundations of the area he jumped on to were only 5 millimeters thick, resulting in Jiang crashing through the board and falling 5 metres on to his head, resulting in serious injury.
The hypermarket denies any wrongdoing, as they claim that the store had posted many signs near all escalators warning against possible danger of landing on that area. In addition, the store claims they took a ¡°moral responsibility¡± covering all of Jiang¡¯s medical expenses until August 26, amounting to nearly 150 000 RMB (US$18 072).
However, Jiang¡¯s family cites a lack of security guards and an insufficient signs as evidence of the store¡¯s neglect. The family¡¯s lawyers are currently looking into commencing legal proceedings.
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