Crime & Safety

Rug-Shopper Injured by Falling Rug: Lawsuit

A woman suffered a torn rotator cuff when a rug—which may or may not have tied the room together—fell on her at the Bolingbrook Lowe's, according to a lawsuit.

A woman was injured when a rug fell on her at the Bolingbrook Lowe's, according to a lawsuit filed in Will County court.

The woman, Julie Frieders, was rug shopping in December 2012 when a Lowes employee "pulled a rug out causing another rug to fall" onto her, the lawsuit said.

Frieders "suffered severe injuries including a torn rotator cuff," the suit said.

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