In a dramatic turn of events, a Texas resident has taken legal action against a retail giant, alleging negligence that resulted in personal injury. On May 8, 2025, Belen Capetillo filed a complaint in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, against Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC and Wal-Mart Inc., seeking damages for injuries sustained at one of their store locations.
The case revolves around an incident that occurred on June 2, 2024, when Capetillo was shopping at the Walmart store located at 13484 Northwest Freeway in Houston. According to the plaintiff's account, while retrieving a shopping cart, an employee of Walmart pushed another cart into her, causing injury. The lawsuit claims that Walmart owed Capetillo a duty of care to ensure their premises were safe and free from hazards. It is alleged that this duty was breached due to negligence on the part of Walmart employees who failed to maintain a safe environment and did not adequately warn customers about potential dangers.
Capetillo's petition outlines several accusations against Walmart. These include failing to keep the premises safe, not correcting dangerous conditions, neglecting to warn customers about these hazards, and inadequately training employees. Furthermore, it is claimed that the actions or omissions by Walmart's staff directly led to the incident and subsequent injuries suffered by Capetillo. The lawsuit invokes the doctrine of respondeat superior, asserting that Walmart is vicariously liable for its employees' actions as they were performed within the scope of their employment.
The plaintiff seeks compensation for various damages resulting from the incident. These include past and future medical expenses deemed necessary due to injuries from the accident, physical pain and suffering both past and anticipated future occurrences, mental anguish experienced and expected in the future, physical impairment endured already and likely to continue affecting her life quality moving forward. Additionally, Capetillo claims loss of earnings capacity both historically and projected into future scenarios alongside any disfigurement suffered or potentially arising later.
In terms of financial restitution sought through this litigation process initiated by Capetillo’s legal representatives - Glaze Garrett law firm - she estimates her total damages could exceed $250,000 but remain under $1 million based on current evaluations concerning economic losses combined with non-economic impacts like emotional distress caused by alleged misconduct from defendants’ side during operational activities leading up until now post-incident analysis phase commenced officially via court filing procedures recently completed successfully without issue reported thus far according official records available public domain sources confirm same details shared herein today readers interested following developments closely upcoming weeks months ahead potentially longer depending outcome judicial proceedings ultimately decided upon final verdict rendered respective authorities involved case management oversight responsibilities assigned accordingly respective parties engaged 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The attorneys representing Belen Capetillo are Jordan A. Glaze (Texas Bar No. 24059826) and Josh Garrett (Texas Bar No. 24067616) from Glaze Garrett law firm based in Gilmer, Texas. The case was filed under Case ID NO._ in front of Judge Marilyn Burgess at Harris County District Court.