A federal judge in Illinois concluded a customer, who claims she was injured when a display door fell on her while shopping at Menards, has provided sufficient evidence for a jury to consider whether the home improvement retail company could be held liable in a premises liability suit.

In a July 1 opinion, U.S. District Judge Nancy L. Maldonado of the Northern District of Illinois denied Menard Inc.’s motion for summary judgment, leaving the disputed conditions regarding issues of duty, breach, and proximate cause for a jury to decide.

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