Auger & Auger Hired to Represent Lowe’s Snakebite Victim

Author: Auger Law | May 19th, 2016

Man bit by snake at Lowe'sA man in Denver, North Carolina was shopping with a friend in a local Lowe’s gardening center to surprise his wife with new flowers for their landscaping. While he was shopping, he was bitten by a 3 foot long poisonous copperhead snake while reaching to pick up a plant. He suffered from extensive swelling and was rushed to the hospital. His wife had to miss work to be by his side.

He was transferred to ICU the intensive care unit when the swelling in his arm was stopping blood flow to his fingers and had traveled down his right side to his hips, lower back and abdomen. He is being treated with anti-venom and is currently on three pain medications.

The victim has hired Auger & Auger to represent him. It is the law firm’s contention that Lowe’s Home Improvement, its managers, employees and/or suppliers were negligent, careless and reckless in failing to implement and/or carry out reasonable safeguards and processes to prevent this kind of injury.

Attorney Herb Auger said his firm is investigating two issues. One, did Lowe’s have a plan or process implemented to inspect plants at the time of delivery? It would seem reasonable for any retailer to have a process in place for inspecting products for defects upon delivery from a third party vendor.

Inspecting not only for dead, diseased or damaged plants, which would be in their own financial interest, but also having a plan for inspecting for foreseeable dangers to their customers with the infestation of venomous snakes being their number one concern. If they did, the 3 foot snake should have been spotted.

Second, Lowe’s has snake repellants on its shelves for sale to the public. Why would they not use this in their own facilities?

You can learn more about the incident at WSOCTV.

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