An Alabama jury has decided that the Army veteran who broke his hip while picking out a watermelon at a Walmart store should receive $7.5 million. Henry Walker was 59 in June 2015 when he went shopping at a Walmart in Phenix City, Alabama, the Ledger-Enquirer reports. That led him to fall and shatter his hip, according to court documents described by The Washington Post. Walker sued Walmart for negligence and wantonness, arguing that the store had not kept its premises reasonably safe. This past Wednesday, the jury awarded Walker $2.5 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

Source: Huffington Post November 11, 2017 16:18 UTC