MARAJ v. RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY SHANTIE MARAJ, et al. , Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. As plaintiff Shantie Maraj, an on-duty employee of defendant Ralphs Grocery Company (Ralphs), tried to raise the flag on the flag pole at the market where she worked, she suffered a severe neck fracture and other injuries when a shopping cart, which had been hoisted up the pole as a prank by third parties, fell on her head. Lizarraga told another employee (Susan) to call Med-core, the company Ralphs calls when an employee is injured, and Med-core told Susan to call 911, which she did. The court did not reach the other two issues raised by Ralphs: whether Ralphs fraudulently concealed the existence of plaintiff's injuries or their connection with plaintiff's employment. Plaintiff sued Ralphs erroneously as The Kroger Company.

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