Woman Sues Moving Company After Piano Falls On Her

Susan Carr claims her wrist and forearm were crushed and fragmented into 25 pieces by her 500-pound baby-grand piano because a Boise moving company was negligent.

Compton Transfer & Storage Co. insists it is Carr’s own fault that the 1936 Chickering fell from a moving truck’s ramp onto her, because Carr assisted their worker.

A jury might be asked to decide whether Compton should give former Twin Falls resident Carr more than $1.5 million for the July 1993 accident.

After Carr moved from Boise to Twin Falls, she contacted Compton and asked the company to bring the piano to Twin Falls, according to lawsuit documents.

The driver, who told Carr it was his first day on the job, arrived at the woman’s residence without helpers, according to the documents.

The driver could not find the straps and tools he needed, and he put the blanket-covered piano in an “abnormal upright position” on a dolly, the lawsuit alleges.

Carr, “out of concern for both the (driver) and her private property,” tried to help the driver. But the piano pushed her off a ramp and onto the ground. It then fell on her.