Man Attacked by Rats in Dollar Store

A man from Philadelphia has filed a $50,000 lawsuit against a Dollar Tree store after he claims he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder when he was attacked by a rat.

In a suit filed this week in Philadelphia, Bernard King, of Sharon Hill, said he suffered "mental anxiety and anguish and severe shock to his entire nervous system" following a Mar. 23 visit to the Dollar Tree at the Penrose Plaza in Southwest Philadelphia. King, a 50-year-old roofer, needed a ribbon to wrap a birthday present for his daughter, his attorney said. He found an open box on display, spotted the color he wanted, and reached in. He felt a sudden sharp pain in his right index finger. "When he looked in, a rat was biting his finger and would not let go," said his attorney Christian C. Thompson. "He actually had to shake the thing loose." When King peered into the box again he found a nest of rats inside, Thompson said. A store manager and an assistant hurried down the aisle to investigate the commotion. The manager ordered the assistant to move another box adjacent to the nest, Thompson said. Three rats jumped out at the assistant who then ran behind the manager to hide, Thompson said. He added another shopper witnessed the incident. The manager told King to go to the hospital and send the bills to the Dollar Tree, Thompson said. At Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital King was treated with antibiotics and his finger was bandaged.

Bernard says he still hasn't regained full use of his finger and is unable to return to work. A psychiatrist has diagnosed him with "significant" post traumatic stress disorder. So, he's a roofer who gets bitten by a rat and that makes him unable to return to work six months later? Really?!? Seriously?!?


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