Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - A mum who tripped and fell in a Target parking lot in Florida, U.S, and fractured several bones was awarded $11.3 million by a jury after suing the retail giant.
The 44-year-old woman was awarded $11,391,183.28 after
falling at a Super Target in Winter Garden, an Orlando suburb, on December 23,
2019, as shoppers flocked to the store during the holiday season, WFTV
reported.
The jury recently announced the settlement in the
case.
At the time, she was carrying her daughter through the
Winter Garden Village shopping center, weaving between cars to avoid holiday
traffic and puddles.
While passing a landscaping island, she tripped over a seam
where the asphalt met the concrete gutter of the curb. The section of the
parking lot had a notable and abrupt change in elevation, which violated
several building codes, according to the report.
After stepping on the uneven surface, the woman’s left ankle
twisted and fractured, causing her to fall over.
While she tried to regain her balance without dropping her
child, the woman wound up in an uncomfortable, bent-up pretzel-like
position.
The awkward fall caused her to fracture her right tibia,
fibula and lateral malleolus, according to the report.
The unidentified woman, who was represented by Morgan &
Morgan attorneys Matt Morgan, Fan Li and Perry Nava, previously turned down a
pre-trial settlement offer of $250,000.
An Orange County jury found Target was 90 percent at fault
and awarded the woman her eight-figure payout Friday, October 17.
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