Here is something kind of interesting, tell me what you think?

Legally I think that the store could be held responsible, but I don't believe that it was really their fault. There's no way that they could've foreseen or prevented that from happening. Just sounds like some rotten luck to me. If I were in that guys shoes, I wouldn't try to press any charges against the store, unless perhaps I couldn't afford the doctor bill on my own. And really there would be no need to sue anyways, I bet if he wanted to just ask the store to pay for the doctor's bill, they probably would, just to keep customers and the general public happy and to avoid a lawsuit. No company wants a bad rep.

I would only press charges if I had proof the rattlesnake was owned by the Store owner, or if the store was indeed a pet store. In my country, we have free medical car, so I wouldn't worry about not paying the bills. If it was very serious and he couldn't use the arm again, I would be thinking about suing someone for being not disabled.

I don't believe in suing people, myself, so I wouldn't. He just might do it, though, and the store owners should be aware of this. People will do anything to get money these days. I don't think they should be held responsible because this could happen anywhere. There was probably no way of their knowing that a snake was on the property. Kathy.

When did Wally world start selling pygmy rattlesnakes? There's nothing they could've done since those small rattlers are native floridians...

No, I don't think the store should be liable. Animals are animals, and they are hard to near impossible to control when we're not talking about the pet variety. Say I'm allergic to bees. I go in a store, but during the hours the store has been open, a bee came through the door when people were going in and out. If I get stung by the bee in that store, it isn't their fault if I go into shock because of my allergy to bees. Stuff happens.