HOUSTON – A lawsuit alleging a Kroger shopper cut his leg on a Christmas tree display has been continued.
Seeking up to $1 million in damages, Ronald Siegel filed suit against Kroger Texas on July 28, 2020 in Harris County District Court.
Court records show the case was set for trial on Dec. 5. However, on Nov. 8 the trial court signed an agreed amended docket control order setting the case for trial on June 5, 2023.
A joint motion for continuance, filed on Nov. 3, states the parties needed more time for discovery and to engage in alternative dispute resolution.
According to the petition, on Nov. 22, 2019, Siegel was shopping at a Kroger. As he entered the grocery store, “he lacerated his leg on an errant branch of a Christmas tree displayed in a set.”
“The display was dimly lit,” the petition states. “The danger was not open and obvious to Plaintiff.”
An amended petition states that the plaintiff was forced to walk through unsafe conditions because a security cart owned by Defendant Allied Universal blocked his path.
Case No. 2020-44610