Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Littlejohn, Acting Judge:

Appellant Vanessa D. Smith (Smith) commenced this action against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) seeking damages for injuries sustained during a slip and fall. At the close of Smith’s evidence, the trial court granted Wal-Mart’s motion for directed verdict. Smith appealed. We affirm.

Smith was in Wal-Mart to have a key made. As she walked through the store, she saw shopping carts scattered in the aisle. Fogle, a Wal-Mart employee, had placed the carts around an area in the aisle as a barricade. He was cleaning wax build-up from the floor. On the floor in the…