Sandra Chylinski, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Sandra Chylinski sues for personal injuries she sustained while entering a store operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. A Wal-Mart employee directed Chylin-ski to stand in a spot located within the swing path of an automatic door, which swung open and struck her because its safety devices failed. After the jury returned a substantial verdict for Chylinski, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Dorsey, J.) granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of Wal-Mart on the ground inter alia that the malfunction of the safety devices…