Colorado jury awards $15M to trucker who slipped

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado jury has awarded $15 million to a truck driver who said she slipped and fell on ice and grease while making a delivery to a Wal-Mart in Greeley.

Wal-Mart tells the Greeley Tribune that it's considering appealing the award for 41-year-old Holly Averyt of Cheyenne, which a jury ordered Friday.

Her lawyer, Gregory Gold, thinks it could be one of the highest slip-and-fall verdicts in the country.

Gold presented city documents showing that some grease from the store's deli didn't get trapped in a device designed to keep it from getting into the sewer. He said Averyt had to undergo three spine surgeries, was unable to return to work and lost her truck.

A Wal-Mart spokesman that the company respectfully disagrees with the verdict.


Information from: Greeley Daily Tribune,