Legal Opinion
Angela Hancock v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 2012No. 11-16068UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Angela Hancock appeals the judgment entered in favor of Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., and against her complaint of negligence following a jury trial. Hancock was injured in a Wal-Mart store in Jacksonville, Florida, when three bags of beach toys fell from a display shelf and struck her head, shoulder, and back. Hancock filed in a Florida court a complaint that the negligence of Wal-Mart proximately caused her injuries, and Wal-Mart removed the complaint to the district court based on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Hancock argues that the district court erred by not instructing the…
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