A jury found the operator of a store was not to blame for a heavy box falling on a customer’s foot.
On Aug. 12, 2015, Anil Mistry, then in his 40s, went to a Floor & Decor Outlets of America Inc. store in Boynton Beach to pick up a box of slate tiles. As he picked up the 70-pound box by its plastic banding, the straps broke, causing the box to fall on his left foot and fracture his big toe. Minstry claimed store employees and customers often used the plastic banding as handles but the store failed to warn customers against the dangerous practice.
