Chippewa County Judge Clears Walmart In Family’s Lawsuit Over Shooting

A Chippewa County judge has ruled Walmart had no duty to protect a woman from herself.  Melissa Abbott was shot to death by police two years ago.  Abbott was on a field trip with others from the Northern Center for the Developmentally Disabled when she got mad, grabbed a hatchet off a store shelf and started swinging it around.  She was shot to death when she lunged at a Lake Hallie police officer.  Abbott’s family sued the retailer, but Judge James Isaacson cleared Walmart in a ruling this week.