Legal Opinion
Becker v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided April 10, 2000No. 3137PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOOLSBY, Judge:
In this negligence action, a jury awarded Barbara Becker $1,750,000.00 for a permanent foot injury sustained while shopping at Wal-Mart. The trial court granted, and Becker accepted, a remittitur reducing the award to $525,000.00. Both parties appeal. We affirm.
FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On October 12, 1995, Becker was shopping in a Wal-Mart store on Hilton Head Island. Becker, seventy-three at the time, was pushing a shopping cart down an aisle in the appliance section when a box containing a space heater fell from a shelf to her left and struck her left foot. 1 Becker…
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