Legal Opinion
Varela v. Wal-Mart Stores, East, Inc.
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided March 13, 2000No. Civ-99-1492 BRB/RLPPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge. *
After Defendant Wal-Mart Stores refused her settlement offer of $16,500, Plaintiff Aurelia Varela filed this suit against Defendant in New Mexico state court alleging injuries as a result of a slip and fall incident. According to her complaint, Plaintiff was shopping at the Wal-Mart store in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in May 1998, when she slipped on an apple peel near the check-out registers. Plaintiff fell and twisted her back and ankle. As New Mexico law requires, Plaintiff did not allege a specific amount of damages in her complaint. See…
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