Wal-Mart Is Sued in Child Fondling Case
From Times Wire Reports
A woman is suing a former Wal-Mart employee and the corporation, alleging the worker fondled her young daughter.
The lawsuit, filed in Columbia, claims Wal-Mart should have known that Bobby Devon Randall was a convicted sex offender.
When the woman and her daughter, who was 10 at the time, returned to the store to report the Sept. 25, 2000, alleged assault, Wal-Mart gave the girl’s mother a $25 gift certificate, according to the suit.
Randall, 45, was charged in October 2000 with performing a lewd act on a minor, authorities said.
