08/13/2010 // West Palm Beach, FL, USA // Tara Monks // Tara Monks
Philadelphia, PA – A Philadelphia man has filed a personal injury lawsuit against a Dollar Tree store at the Penrose Plaza in Southwest Philadelphia for a rat bite he sustained while inside the store, as reported by The Philadelphia Enquirer.
Bernard King claims he was shopping in the store for ribbon to wrap a birthday present for his granddaughter when he reached into an open ribbon box on a shelf and pulled out a rat. According to King, the rat bit his right index finger and held on as he tried to dislodge it.
The lawsuit states a manager and assistant manager came up to investigate King’s screams when three more rats jumped out at the assistant after he tried to move another ribbon box on the shelf.
The three then saw a nest of rats had made a home in one of the boxes of ribbon.
King was treated for his physical wounds but claims he lost full use of his finger and suffers with post-traumatic stress disorder.
The lawsuit claims the Dollar Tree was negligent in allowing the rats to set up shop on the shelf. It also claims the manager refused to give a copy of the incident report to King and failed to report the incident to city and state health officials.
King allegedly tried to settle the incident out of court, but Dollar Tree representatives questioned the truthfulness of the accusations.
Calls for comment on the personal injury lawsuit from the Dollar Tree were not returned as of Thursday, August 12.
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