John Stapas v. Giant Eagle Inc.
Nov 17, 2014OUTCOME: Stapas was determined to receive $2,086,000, which was accordingly reduced to $1,522,780.
On July 18, 2007, at around 1:30 a.m., plaintiff Joh Stapas, 17, entered a GetGo convenience store at 117 S. 18th St., in Pittsburgh. Stapas alleged that, when he entered the store, a customer was hara ... ssing an employee, who was telling the customer to leave the premises, since reportedly he had been banned from the store. Stapas claimed that he attempted to protect and assist the store employee by telling the customer to leave the store. While both inside and outside the convenience store, Stapas and the customer continued to engage in a verbal argument. The customer then went to his car to retrieve a gun, and was standing about three feet from Stapas when he fired four shots which struck him in the throat, one in each chest cavity, and in his abdomen. Stapas sued the store and store-owner Giant Eagle Inc. on claims of premises liability.
