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Last updated on Monday, March 30, 2015
(VALPARAISO) - A northern Indiana jury has awarded more than a half-million dollars to a woman who was injured when she stepped into a hole outside a Walmart store.
The Munster Times reports the Porter County jury on Friday awarded 29-year-old Micela Earle of Hobart $510,000 for her injuries.
That was far short of the $5 million she had sought.
Earle's civil suit alleged Walmart was negligent in removing a tree along a sidewalk outside its Portage store, leaving behind a hole that she stepped in and injured herself in December 2012.
Her attorney, Gregory Sarkisian, says Earle faces a lifetime of pain-related suffering, limitations and treatments from the injury.
Walmart attorney James Balog argued a doctor hired by the store doesn't believe Earle suffered more than a sprained ankle.
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