09/19/2013
It looks like she should have settled!!! Obscure case of the day: Suzanne Vasquez sued a Bradenton, Florida, Wal-Mart, claiming that a 13-pound ham hanging from a display fell on her head, causing her to develop epilepsy and migraine headaches. After hearing elaborate technical testimony from an engineering expert, who said the ham could not have fallen the way Vasquez said it did, and from a neurologist, who could find no signs of epilepsy, the jury found in favor of Wal-Mart. Vasquez, who had previously rejected a Wal-Mart settlement offer in her quest for a $500,000 award, is considering an appeal.