Legal Opinion

Wright v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided April 18, 2002No. 01-01-00459-CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TAFT, Justice.

Appellant, James Harlan Wright, challenges a no-evidence summary judgment rendered against him in his premises liability suit. We review whether the trial court erred in granting a no-evidence summary judgment in favor of appellee, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart). We address whether appellant produced more than a scintilla of evidence to raise a genuine issue of material fact as to the allegedly dangerous condition that caused Wright’s injuries. We affirm.

Background

On November 30, 1999, Wright was shopping at a Wal-Mart store when he slipped and fell on a single french…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Keetch v. Kroger Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Corbin v. Safeway Stores, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. GonzalezTexas Supreme Court · 1998
  4. Rosas v. Buddies Food StoreTexas Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Lozano v. LozanoTexas Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Retzlaff v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2004
  2. Bendigo v. City of Houston, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2005
  3. Brookshire Food Stores, L.L.C. v. Allen, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2002
  4. Dixon v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  5. Bobby Duncan v. First Texas Homes and First Texas Homes, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2015

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