The family of a girl whose toes were amputated by a Macy's escalator is suing the operating company. Juliana Valdez, then aged 10, was back-to-school shopping with her mother and brother at the store in Paramus, New Jersey, when her right  leg got trapped in the metal plates. A passer-by hit the emergency stop switch but the top of her foot was already stripped bare of skin, muscle, tendons and nerves. Crippled: Juliana Valdez, 11, has had 20 surgeries on her foot after getting it trapped in a Macy's escalator Trauma: Her family is now launching a legal battle against the firm after more than a year of operations
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Juliana Valdez, 10, was back-to-school shopping with her mother
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Her right leg got trapped in the escalator at Macy's, Paramus, NJ
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Police say she had been pulled down to mid-calf by the machinery
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Juliana has now had 20 surgeries including skin graft and amputations
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Family suing German firm ThyssenKrupp for poor maintenance
A judge will now consider their six-count federal complaint alleges negligent maintenance and repair of the escalator; negligence in @placeholder's supervision of inspector ThyssenKrupp; emotional distress; breach of contract;  and punitive damages.