Goodwill Stores Hide Dangerous Secrets in the Form of Needles and Dangerous Infections
Many people enjoy getting bargains at the Goodwill clothing store. But the clothing can be dangerous, because those huge troughs of clothing can hide needles. The people who sort clothing at the Goodwill store need to be extra careful to ensure that there are no needles left hiding in the clothing to hurt the customers. But sometimes, the Goodwill staff will not be as diligent, and they will allow a dangerous needle to get through.
In this case, the needles will actually prick the customers and can give them an infectious disease, if they are pricked by a needle. No one goes to the Goodwill store to shop, expecting to be injured from a needle prick while looking at clothing at the store.
Goodwill Store Needle Pricks Can Cause Diseases That Can Be Passed to Others from a Needle Prick
While rummaging through clothing in the clothing troughs at a Goodwill store, you can get pricked with an errant needle. These needles are in the clothing and were not found by the employees of the Goodwill store, who were tasked with sorting through the clothing for the customers. It is the responsibility of the employees of the Goodwill store, to ensure that there are no needles or other dangerous objects in the clothing that the store wants to sell.
You can get many serious diseases from a needle stick. Diseases such as:
- Hepatitis C
- Syphilis
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Varicella zoster
- Herpes
- Hepatitis B
- Tetanus
- HIV (if the needle has blood on it from a person with HIV)
If you have been stuck with a needle at a Goodwill store while going through clothing, you need to go to a hospital immediately for treatment. We are able to talk to you about initiating a lawsuit on the merits of your case.
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“Help, I Was Stuck with a Needle Going Through Clothing at a Goodwill Store!”
If you have been stuck with a needle at a Goodwill store, you should first and foremost seek professional care for your injury. You will need to be tested for any bloodborne viruses, and will most likely need follow up testing to ensure you are not carrying any diseases on account of the needlestick.
If you are stuck by a needle, here are some actions you should never do. First, get to an emergency department, hospital or urgent care clinic to have the needlestick prick attended to and tested for a disease. You can have been pricked by a needle that carries a deadly disease, therefore you need to be tested once the needle has pricked you.
If you are pricked by a needle, do not:
- Panic, just go to a hospital for treatment
- Put the pricked finger into your mouth
- Squeeze the wound to make it bleed
- Use iodine or antiseptic, or chlorine on the wound
In the case that you have been pricked with a needle at a Goodwill store, you don’t have to go it alone. Just give us a call today at the Normandie Law Firm.
Goodwill Clothing Is Dumped into Trough Bins for Customers to Shop in for Deals
At the Goodwill store, many clothing items are unceremoniously dumped into bins where customers have to fish through to get the clothing deals and discounts that they are looking for at the time. The presumption by the customer is that the employees, managers and owners of the Goodwill stores will have sorted the donated clothing ahead of time. This means that the clothing was supposed to be sorted through before it gets to the customers.
The managers, employees and supervisors sorting the donated clothing need to review any clothing for if it contains needles, and unsafe items that can dangerously stick or prick a customer. In this regard, if a customer is stuck by a needle, it is the responsibility of the Goodwill store, owners and staff to make sure that the clothing troughs have no debris, needles or other dangerous items in there to injure, maim or stick a customer.
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Can I Sue for Being Pricked by a Needle at a Goodwill Clothing Store?
Yes, we can sue for being pricked by a needle at a Goodwill clothing store. The Goodwill store is responsible to ensure that every area is free of needles, and that it is safe for the people in the store to shop for clothes. There will be serious issues if someone is pricked by a needle in a clothing trough.
It is easy to give a call in to our Los Angeles case lawyers, because we can file a lawsuit on your behalf when you were pricked by a needle at the Goodwill store. It is possible to give us a call, and to talk to us to get back the money recovery compensation that you deserve in this case.
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