PRINCETON — A Virginia woman is suing Hobby Lobby after she fell at the store and was injured.
Hobby Lobby Stores, Ershig Properties, Regional Malls and Kenneth Osborne were all named as defendants in the suit.
Tina Epperson was at the Hobby Lobby in Bluefield on May 20, 2019, and went to the bathroom when she slipped and fell, according to a complaint filed in Mercer Circuit Court.
Epperson claims she entered a stall in the bathroom and slipped on water on the floor. She claims an employee told her that there had been water problems for some time that were supposed to be fixed.
"Despite this knowledge, defendants failed to warn or place warning signs in the restroom or near the restroom or otherwise alert customers as to the water problem in the restroom at Hobby Lobby," the complaint states.
Epperson is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. She is represented by Eric Buckner and Jennifer Dempsey Meeteer of Katz Kantor Stonestreet and Buckner.
The case is assigned to Circuit Judge William Sadler.
Mercer Circuit Court case number: 21-C-67
