Wal-Mart sued after woman dies in fitting-room fall
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The family of a woman who died after falling in a fitting room at a Grand Forks Wal-Mart has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court.
The complaint accuses Wal-Mart of negligence in the 2007 death of Cynthia Gaddie of Grand Forks. Her family says a store employee placed a portable clothing rack behind Gaddie while she was in the fitting room, and she tripped over it and fell.
The lawsuit seeks at least $50,000 in damages.
Lawyers for Wal-Mart say the fall was Gaddie's fault and the lawsuit should be dismissed.
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