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"GALVESTON - A Dickinson school district employee has filed suit against Fed-Ex and one of its drivers after a shipment caused her to fall and injure herself.&nbsp;<br /><br />Janie Leslie's lawsuit, filed Oct. 10 in Galveston County District Court, claims the subject incident occurred on Oct. 20, 2010.<br /><br />Court papers say Leslie was walking behind a load of pallets containing 5-gallon cans of paint that were being unloaded by an employee with the defendant to \"make sure they didn't fall\" as instructed by the unnamed driver.<br /><br />According to the original petition, the paint cans fell and hit Leslie, causing her to be thrown to the cement.<br /><br />\"The force of the impact and her fall severely injured [Janie] Leslie,\" the suit says.<br /><br />It adds the plaintiff was subsequently diagnosed with back and knee injuries, and the pain in her back prompted her to undergo surgery.<br /><br />Fed-Ex is accused of:<br /><ul><br />\t<li>Failing to properly train their drivers on loading and unloading procedures;</li><br />\t<li>Failing to ensure that the produce being delivered was properly secure on the pallets before being unloaded;</li><br />\t<li>Failing to ensure that other people such as the plaintiff were not in an area where they can get hurt; and</li><br />\t<li>Negligently removing the paint cans from the truck.</li><br /></ul><br />Leslie consequently seeks unspecified monetary damages.<br /><br />She is represented by attorney Marty Herring with Marty Herring &amp; Associates in Houston.<br /><br />Galveston County 405th District Court Judge Wayne Mallia is presiding over the case.<br /><br /><em>Case No. 12-cv-2152</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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