GRAND FORKS—A major national retailer says it cannot promise it will stay in business and that would mean stores across the Red River Valley could be closing. The CEO of Sears Holdings, the company that also owns Kmart, says he doubts it'll be able to stay in business. The company announced a major restructuring plan with hopes of cutting costs by $1 billion through the sale of more stores and job cuts. It already announced it would close 108 Kmart and 42 Sears locations earlier this year. Grand Cities Mall Manager Louis Christoffer says they are preparing for the worst. "It makes us I guess think about contingency plans," he said. "We've already thought about contingency plans. When I say contingency plans, there's of course multiple plans." Sears Holdings has not turned a profit since 2010. It has lost more than $10 billion in the last six years.DES MOINES, Iowa — Three people whose fingers were snipped off or injured by Martha Stewart patio chairs have won settlements against her company and Kmart, which sold the furniture, their attorney said Thursday.

Des Moines attorney Guy Cook declined to say how much the three — a young girl in Kentucky, a college student in Illinois and a retiree in upstate New York— were awarded at the settlement conference in Chicago on Monday. Their lawsuits claimed that the lounge chairs' legs are defective and snap forward, "serving as a guillotine" for fingers and hands caught between the legs and the chair. The chairs were designed and branded by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and sold as part of patio furniture sets at Kmart stores. Cook first sued the two companies in 2008 on behalf of a magician and hand model who lost the tip of his finger to one of the chairs in Des Moines. That case was settled in early 2009. The dollar amounts awarded this week must remain confidential under the terms of the settlements, "but I can tell you that all of my clients are satisfied with the settlement in spite of the injuries they suffered," Cook said. The settlements were reached with Sandy Caffoe of Jamestown, N.Y., a 67-year-old who lost the function of her right hand when two fingers were amputated in 2008;

college student Lisa Peterson, 22, of Des Plaines, Ill. who had her right ring finger amputated in 2009; and Kaitlyn Damron of Pikeville, Ky., who was four in 2006 when the tip of her left pinky finger was severed. Cook said Kmart continued to sell the chairs after he filed the original 2008 lawsuit but that they were later redesigned to add another bolt to the legs, preventing the snapping motion. He said he is investigating and pursuing other possible claims related to injuries from the chairs. Stewart denied anyone was injured by the chairs when a New York television reporter, Arnold Diaz, confronted her in 2009. Cook said he played video of that encounter during this week's settlement conference, which was overseen by a retired Cook County judge. Katherine Nash, a spokeswoman for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Kmart spokesman Chris Braithwaite declined to comment Thursday. Associated Press writer Ryan J. Foley in Iowa City contributed to this story. For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's.

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