Shopper Sues Target For $100K After 2-Ton Ball Hits Her Vehicle: Report

PARAMUS, NJ — A woman filed a lawsuit against Target Corp. after a 2-ton safety ball came loose, rolled across the Paramus store's parking lot and hit her vehicle in November.

Eileen Grady of Pearl River, New York claims in the suit that Target "knew or should have known" that the ball would become loose and create a hazard for motorists and pedestrians, NJ.com reported.

Grady was driving her Nissan Rogue through the parking lot when another vehicle hit the ball, dislodging it from its position in front of the store. It rolled away and smashed into Grady's driver's side door, according to the report. Video footage shows the Nissan with a big red dent in its side.

The ball then continued to roll through the lot, until a man jumped out of his car to stop it. It took three people to roll the ball back to the store entryway, where a Target employee then put a cone near it.

Grady said her claim for the repairs to her car was denied by Target, according to a previous report by ABC7. Target suggested the woman go after the man whose truck dislodged the ball in order to get reimbursed, she told the station in an on-air interview.

The lawsuit states Target knew about the ball's condition and "breached its duty of care to Grady by permitting and allowing (the bollard) to become and remain a negligent, defective and dangerous condition," NJ.com reported, citing the lawsuit.

Grady is seeking more than $100,000 in damages, along with attorneys' fees and court costs, the report stated.

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Photo: A giant red Target bollard in front of one of the company's store. — Used with permission via Creative Commons license