ORMOND BEACH -- An Ormond Beach woman has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart seeking damages for injuries she claims she received when a security guard grabbed her and falsely accused her of shoplifting.

Carole Hopper is seeking in excess of a million dollars from the retail giant, said her attorney, Spencer M. Aronfeld.

According to the lawsuit filed in Volusia County last month, Hopper had bought a shopping cart full of goods and was leaving the Wal-Mart on Granada Boulevard on June 29, 2003, when security guard Patricia Armstrong grabbed her from behind.

Armstrong is accused in the suit of twisting Hopper's arm, causing permanent injuries. Hopper was later told that a salesperson forgot to deactivate a sensor on an electronic item she had purchased.

 

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