Trader Joe’s Tuna Can Injury Leads to Lawsuit

October 22nd, 2012. By AbiK

Here’s one that gives new meaning to ‘tuna helper’. Or not, as the case—er, lawsuit—might be.

Tatiana Strage—who is 82 years old—was shopping in a Trader Joe’s on the upper west side in NYC back in February of this year when she reached up for some canned goods and wound up getting hit with a stack of tuna cans that were allegedly above eye level; one hit her right in the eye and nose. As the CBS News/NY reports, Strage was bleeding and dizzy after the incident.

She was given some wipes and a bandage to put on—but  that was apparently it.

Well, no word on whether it was chunk white or chunk light—or in oil or water—but now Trader Joe’s may be in a bit of hot water as Strage’s son just happens to be an attorney, Michael Strage.

And now there’s a personal injury lawsuit filed claiming Trader Joe’s workers showed “indifference” and did not do much to help Strage’s elderly mother when she was injured. According to CBS, Strage alleges that two workers stood by and did nothing while his mother was bleeding from the gash on her face and after she had also told the workers she felt dizzy; the workers only later responded by giving her some “wipes and a Band-Aid”.

The Trader Joe’s tuna can lawsuit is seeking $350,000 in damages.

Tags: Michael Strage, Personal Injury Lawsuit, Tatiana Strage, Trader Joes, Tuna Can

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