Man sues WalMart, claims bag killed his wife

[Pixilated]

Apparently the bag broke, she received a cut on her foot, which became infected, and ultimately she died from it.

I think there may be much we've not been told.

[Teefies2]

Wait!? This incident happened in 2010?????? And he's just NOW getting around to suing???? I call BS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Slayer]

I heard about this on the radio this morning. She died a year later; I think once the infection spread. What sucks is that he's also saying his wife didn't think to double bag it either. It's an unfortunate series of events, that's for sure.

[Eevie]

Well, that sucks... Not much more I have to say than that...

[Dreamstalker]

It is sucky bagging cans with a bag of rice, but...why didn't they get the cut looked at right away, or when they realized it was infected (what kind of shoes was she wearing that a standard tin can 'cut' her foot)?

I know my store has been pushing for baggers to put as much in a bag/use as few bags as possible...

[easyas12tre]

Meant to be silly.

I'm a jerk. I didn't hear anything about the story then this post. All I could think was if more people used those mesh bags they sell for a buck, not only would this be a more environmentally friendly world, but less people would die from these kind of plastic bag mishaps.

[42_42_42]

From the article:

The cut got infected and "despite multiple rounds of antibiotics and two surgical procedures," the infection spread and she died in the hospital, the suit said.

Sounds like she had the misfortune to either have something particularly vicious living on her skin or there was something rather virulent somehow on the can.

[Dreamstalker]

I did think of the ick-on-the-can angle (or something that was on her skin and got into the wound), but again...unless tests could prove it, how is WM fully at fault?

If anything, I blame the cashier for stuffing too much into the bag. Maybe the customer for not realizing the bag was too full; but then again, I've had customers who will cram 3 bags' worth of items into one and then act shocked when it breaks in the parking lot.

[morgana]

Shit, this came out of my home town . . .

It's a fairly small town; my siblings may actually know this guy. I'll see if I can find out more.

[Chromatix]

The bags used in America are a lot thinner and more fragile than, possibly, they should be. Just saying.

[Cia]

It's not Wally World's fault the bag broke and neither is it their fault she died. Crap happens and she got the short end of the stick.