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"GALVESTON - Crosby resident Tessa Brisher has brought a lawsuit against Home Depot U.S.A. Inc. in response to an alleged incident at its Pearland store.<br /><br />Brisher's suit, which focuses on a fall she claims to have taken, was filed July 22 in Brazoria County District Court.<br /><br />Galveston federal court received the litigation on Sept. 4.<br /><br />The plaintiff, who was an employee of Central Garden and Pet Co., explains that she was pulling a pallet jack at the defendant's store on Sept. 20, 2011, when the piece of equipment \"malfunctioned\" and injured her.<br /><br />\"The jack got stuck causing the plaintiff to fall,\" the original petition says.<br /><br />\"The defendant caused the injury to the plaintiff as they did not keep the pallet jack in a good operating condition.\"<br /><br />Court papers do not show the scope and extent of Brisher's supposed injuries.<br /><br />Brisher blames Home Depot for:<br /><ul><br />\t<li>Failing to maintain a safe workplace;</li><br />\t<li>Failing to have in place proper rules regarding the safe operation of a pallet jack used at its store;</li><br />\t<li>Failing to properly maintain its pallet jack; and</li><br />\t<li>Failing to warn third parties, like the plaintiff, of the dangerous condition created by not properly maintaining its pallet jacks.</li><br /></ul><br />She insists \"this hazard could have been eliminated through proper training, proper implementation of safety procedures, proper inspection and/or proper warning.\"<br /><br />Consequently, Brisher seeks unspecified monetary damages.<br /><br />Attorney Philip J. Orth III of The Linebaugh Law Firm PC in Baytown is representing the complainant.<br /><br /><em>Case No. 3:13-CV-314</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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