Jury Awards Contractor $4.3M in Lawsuit Against Walmart
TYLER, Texas, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A Smith County jury has awarded $4.3 million to a worker injured when a Walmart shoplifter rammed him with his car upon fleeing the scene.
- The trial lawyers of Martin Walker PC represented Scott Lacy in the lawsuit against Walmart.
- In July 2020, Arkansas native Mr. Lacy was working as a subcontractor at Walmart in Tyler.
- He was in the lawn and garden center when multiple Walmart employees yelled for help in apprehending a shoplifter.
- "If the Walmart staff were properly trained, this whole incident would have been preventable," said renowned personal injury attorney Jack Walker.