It is sad that is has to come to that. Unfortunately though we are living in an economy where people will get money any way they can. If they take shelter in a store, and somehow become injured within the walls of that store (flying debris, falling fixtures, etc) they will sue for as much as they can. Just like people will sue if someone pulls them from a burning building or car or performs life saving CPR.
An example of what people will do. Just the other day a co-worker was telling me of how they were doing maintenance on a 60 gallon fish tank on display at the store. They put up several wet floor signs before they even began. A pregnant woman walks into the store and according to my co-worker, watched for about 20 minutes before she tried to sneakily move a wet floor sign out of view (that's right! She moved the sign herself!). She then came back and slipped on the water and started complaining. After making sure she was okay, the manager threw her out.
But that is what it has come to. If tornado signs were blaring and I took refuge in a retail store (if they let me) and I was injured due to the tornado, I'd just be glad I was alive, thanked the store for allowing me to shelter there instead of having to seek shelter in my car, where I probably would have died. Suing someone for saving your life is just pure stupidity.
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