Kelly Hendrickson, a 38-year-old mother of three, was looking at palm trees in the garden center of a Lowe’s home improvement store in July 2013 when she slipped on a “slimy, wet substance” draining from the bottom of several planters, she told a jury April 7. She fractured her skull in the fall and permanently lost her senses of taste and smell because of a related brain injury.
The jury returned a verdict that found Lowe’s 80 percent negligent and Hendrickson 20 percent negligent and awarded Hendrickson $13.14 million for medical expenses, lost earnings and pain and suffering.
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