Three-year-old Janessa Horner was killed at a Home Depot store last May, when a load of kitchen countertops fell from a high shelf...

  Consumers don't know about the risks in warehouse stores because the stores often get courts to keep injury statistics secret. They also ask victims, like the Horners, to be silent in exchange for any monetary settlement. But the Horners have refused.

Virgil Horner says he believes there is something morally wrong with asking the families of accident victims like Janessa to keep quiet about it, "because people's lives are in danger."

And that's something the Horner family learned the hard way. Government agencies protect workers in these stores, but shoppers are on their own. And the extent of the problem is a secret closely held by the companies and the courts.  

What not to do...

https://www.avvo.com/legal-guides/ugc/how-to-ruin-your-home-depot-accident-case" class="x-el x-el-div x-ntrl-alt x-f-alt-fam x-f-sz-md x-c-text-hl x-td-underline ">FAILING TO NOTIFY THE POLICE AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND GIVING A STATEMENT TO AN ADJUSTER, RISK MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE, SECURITY OFFICER OR STORE MANAGER BEFORE SPEAKING TO A BROWARD PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER

FAILING TO SECURE EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE BY TAKING PICTURES AND GETTING THE NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ANY WITNESSES (don't rely on the store manager, security guard or police to secure the evidence...do it yourself or get somebody to do it for you if your injuries are too severe.)