Woman Awarded Nearly $11.4M in Lawsuit Against Target After Fracturing Leg in Parking Lot

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• A woman in Florida, who filed a lawsuit against Target, was awarded nearly $11.4 million by an Orange County jury on Friday, Oct. 17
• The incident occurred in the Target parking lot at Winter Garden Village shopping center on Daniels Road on December 23, 2019, according to the outlets, which cited the woman’s lawsuit.
• She claimed that while carrying her daughter across the parking lot and navigating holiday traffic and puddles, she walked near a landscaping island where the pavement dropped off abruptly at the curb — a design she alleged violated several building codes, per WFTV.
• She said she stepped onto the uneven surface, twisted her left ankle and fell down. She alleged that she had to regain her balance while holding her child, but her leg ended up twisting in a way that left her with fractures in her right tibia, fibula and lateral malleolus, per Orange Observer.
• The woman’s attorneys Morgan & Morgan stated she turned down a pre-trial settlement offer of $250,000 prior to the verdict from the Orange County jury. Target was found by the jury to have been 90% at fault for the incident, per WFTV.