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I smell a rat.
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A Louisiana woman is suing a Wal-Mart store over what she claims was a much-too-close encounter of the furry kind.
Rebecca White says in her lawsuit that employees at a Wal-Mart in Abbeville let a rat-tailed rodent known as a nutria run loose and scare her. She says that not only did employees know it was in their store, but gave it a pet name, Norman, and failed to warn shoppers.
White says she was pushing a full shopping cart down an aisle in October when the nutria ran out from behind a rack. She says she pulled the cart backward in a panicked attempt to protect herself and hurt her back and foot.
The local store referred all questions about Norman to the Bentonville, Ark.-headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest retailer.
A spokeswoman there said the company has not seen the nutria lawsuit, which was filed in state court in Abbeville, but is investigating. The parish nuisance animal control officer said no one has called him about the animal.
Nutria have bright orange buck teeth and can weigh up to 18 pounds.
Would-be fur farmers in 22 states imported them in large numbers in the 1930s and '40s, then released them when they proved unprofitable. They proliferated in south Louisiana.
White wants compensation for pain, suffering, mental anguish, fear, disabling injuries, and medical expenses. Her attorney says the surgery bills aren't in yet, but other medical bills totaled nearly $2,000.
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2009-05-07 14:10:59
I smell a rat.
Hehehehehehe!
I think the case should be thrown out on the basis that the nutria is probably cleaner and friendlier than many Walmart shoppers and employees.
nutrias are gross animals. they're all over bachman lake by love field. yuck.
Had never heard of this thing before. Reminds me of that old flick with the giant rat living in the walls of a house.
Andrew Zimmern ate one on an episode of Bizarre Foods.
I believe Andrew will eat just about anything.
I like my Nutria with a nice Chianti.
Their meat is very lean and very low in cholesterol!
She found it in the food section, right?
Free Hugs !! Who wants one ??
Is it okay to post AP articles now?
Seriously, how ing unscrupulous do you have to be to sue over getting scared?? opportunist mother ers like this !
Gopher, Everett?
I think some people just hang around W-M 7 days a week, in the hope that someday something unusal will happen and they can get some free money
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