Years ago I was at popular grocery store here in my Southern hometown. An older lady was pushing her cart in front of me and then suddenly she hit the floor. I looked down and saw that she had slipped on some sugar that was all across that particular aisle. I’m an emergency room nurse and a paramedic so of course I stopped to help her. I could tell her hip was broken so I told her not to move and when the manager and a few employees came over I asked them to call 911. This was before cellphones. The manger refused and said he couldn’t call them unless she signed a paper releasing them from responsibility. He kept pushing the paper at this woman and I kept telling them to call 911 and that she wasn’t in any state to sign anything. She was in a lot of pain and also had a cut on her forehead which was bleeding. The manager finally called 911 and I followed her to the ER where I worked. She ended up going to surgery for a full hip replacement and was in the hospital for several weeks. The EMTs that showed up with the ambulance were the same group I worked with and the manager told them not to take her until she had signed his paper. What he didn’t know was that one of the part time EMTs on that ambulance was also a personal injury lawyer. He and I spoke with her family and they ended up suing the grocery store. They ended up paying for her medical care and compensation for her pain and suffering. The manager got fired. I never went back to that grocery store either and they shut down a few years later. If you ever fall or get hurt in a public place like this NEVER sign any type of paper until you’re able to read it over or discuss it with an attorney.