shopping cart and shopper - Kzenon/Shutterstock BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc., commonly known as BJ's, is a membership-only warehouse club chain operating on the U.S. East Coast, Ohio and Michigan. (Photo: Kzenon/Shutterstock)

A New Jersey jury on Oct. 29 awarded $1 million in the case of a woman who sustained knee, hip and spinal injuries during a fall at a BJ's Wholesale Club. The jury's apportionment of fault to the plaintiff reduced the net verdict to $850,000 in the case, Gaguancela v. BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.

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