I'm really reviewing Ralphs/Kroger corporation, not this Ralphs itself, but this is the only way I will be noticed (**sorry to review this location negatively, but I have no choice because the actual Ralphs in Encino where this happened has closed down**). Kroger never compensated me for my injury, I remembered this injury today, and now that I'm on Yelp I wanted to warn every shopper to shop there at your own risk to avoid this happening to you!
So...I went to that other Ralphs and, because of their faulty main door (big, heavy, electric door), I slammed my hand into it and thought my hand was broken. There was a new golf-ball sized lump growing out of my hand for about a month, and it instantly became a nice dark purple color. The Ralphs manager admitted that they had problems with their doors and were actually getting them serviced b/c they opened and closed too slowly. He took my incident report, and was very nice about everything - very helpful in fact.
I had to go to urgent care for x-rays after a few days because the lump was still there, luckily not broken, just a badly bruised bone. Paid for my urgent care co-pay, paid them for a hand brace they prescribed, that was about $70. A month had gone by and the pain was still bad and was also still swollen, so I went to see a hand surgeon to get another x-ray and exam, he confirmed that it wasn't broken, just a badly bruised bone, but that was another co-pay, and more of my time.
But of course Kroger corporation and their insurance company from Ohio (I think that's where they were located) conveniently denied that I hurt my hand there. They claimed they reviewed the footage thoroughly (I had given them them the time of the injury to the minute) and I was conveniently not shown on camera at the time, even though it was at the only and main entrance. They spoke to the manager who told them that the door was faulty, yet they were hell-bent on not paying me or compensating me one penny. I was dumb, I should have gotten a lawyer to go after them after denying my claim and denying that the video even existed.
I mean, it was only about $100+ in actual cost that I was asking for and claimed on my insurance forms. I never lied and said my hand was broken or sprained and needed thousands of dollars of work to fix it. But as it was my dominant hand, I became really slow at everything until it fully healed thanks to their faulty doors. OMG it HURT!! The least this multi-billion dollar corporation could have done was offered me a $100 refund of my medical expenses. Or sent me $100 worth of wine or something yummy to say sorry. ANYTHING to make me feel better. Even first-aid products sold there to help it feel better. Not even one freaking ice pack was offered. I still can't believe how much money I spent out of pocket after just spending only $10 in the store, and not one penny was offered to me by their greedy, crooked, &@@!@!$)))*@@#@ insurance people.
Again, shop there at Ralphs at your own risk, or be smarter than me and get a lawyer if you are hurt there and deny your claim!. read more