Dixon v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this simple negligence case, Defendant-Appellant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”) appeals the district court’s denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law following a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Billie F. Dixon. She had brought suit against Wal-Mart after she tripped on a strip of plastic that was lying on the floor near a check-out register at a Wal-Mart store in Texas. Concluding that Dixon has not established a sufficient evidentiary basis on which a reasonable jury could find in her favor, we reverse the district court’s order and remand…