Barrios v. Fashion Gallery, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Jeffrey Cole, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

On May 6, 2014, the plaintiff was shopping for a skirt in the defendant’s store and, when she reached up to take one down from a hook on the wall, an empty shelf lower on the wall fell and hit her foot. She sued for damages in the Circuit Court of Cook County, under theories of premises liability and negligence.1 The defendant removed the case here based on diversity jurisdiction and has moved for summary judgment on plaintiffs Complaint.

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SUMMARY JUDGMENT

A

Fed.R.Civ.P. 56

Summary judgment is appropriate “if the movant shows…