Legal Opinion
Rainer v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided July 30, 2013No. 2012-CA-00014-COAPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. On October 21, 2010, Sherry Chandler Rainer, a former personnel manager at the Wal-Mart in Magee, Mississippi, sued Wal-Mart alleging she had been wrongfully arrested and charged with embezzlement. During the discovery phase of trial, Rainer’s counsel failed to timely respond to Wal-Mart’s requests for admissions. The trial court deemed the responses admitted, finding Rainer’s counsel had not offered a justifiable explanation for failing to act. Based on the deemed-admitted responses, the court granted Wal-Mart’s motion for summary judgment.
¶ 2. We find the…
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