Legal Opinion
Cochran v. Lowe's Home Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 12, 1997No. A97A0568PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff/appellant Carrie Jan Cochran was in a Lowe’s Home Center store when a load of boxed ceiling fans fell on top of her, without warning. The fans had been stacked warehouse-style on top of shelves on the aisle where Cochran was shopping. According to Cochran, she was “pummelled” by 300 to 400 pounds of ceiling fans when a forklift operator pushed over the unstable stack while working on the adjacent aisle. Cochran’s injuries were severe. According to Cochran, the evidence shows there had been warnings from employees that such stacks were too high and were…
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