Schmitz v. Target Corporation

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION ANGELA SCHMITZ, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CASE NO. 2:21-CV-435-WKW ) [WO] TARGET CORPORATION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This is a parking-lot trip-and-fall case. Defendants Target Corporation and Ireit Prattville Legends, LLC move for summary judgment. (Doc. # 35.) Plaintiff Angela Schmitz brings negligence and wantonness tort claims under Alabama law. (Doc. # 23.) Each claim deals with the same incident and travels upon a similar legal theory: Schmitz alleges that Defendants’…