Legal Opinion
Ronald J. Fogelbach v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 29, 2001No. 01-1199PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This is a personal injury case arising out of a slip and fall incident at a St. Louis County, Missouri Wal-Mart store. Ronald Fogelbach appeals the district court’s 1 issuance of judgment as a matter of law in favor of Wal-Mart and the court’s denial of his motion for a new trial. Because we find that the district court erred by taking away the jury’s verdict, we reverse.
I. Background
We present the facts in the light most favorable to the jury verdict. On July 14, 1995, Ronald Fogelbach was about to enter a Wal-Mart store when he stepped on one end of a one-half inch…
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