Overview
- The Tribunal de La Rochelle found the company criminally responsible and imposed a €15,000 fine.
- The court ordered more than €150,000 in damages to the victim’s family and €30,000 to the husband, plus additional costs.
- The husband, who had also been prosecuted, was acquitted and recognized as a victim, with his lawyer saying the accident was not linked to a human action.
- The judgment requires the decision to be posted at the entrance of the Puilboreau store.
- The ruling departs from the prosecutor’s requests (€10,000 fine for the firm and a four‑month suspended sentence for the husband) and may be appealed by either side within ten days.