Gump v. Walmart Stores, Inc.

Opinion of the Court by

LIM, J.

Defendant-Appellant Walmart Stores Inc. (Wal-Mart 1 ) appeals the April 23,1998 judgment of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit adjudging it liable to Plaintiff-Appellee Linda Gump (Gump) for $25,175.00 in damages, $8,585.00 in attorneys’ fees and $1,413.22 in costs, and to the state judiciary for $4,213.04 in jury costs; Wal-Mart also appeals appurtenant pretrial and post-trial orders.

We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On February 15, 1996, Gump was leaving Wal-Mart’s Kailua-Kona store when she slipped on a french fry, fell, and was injured. Gump suffered a bone fracture…