Legal Opinion

Roy Willmon, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carla Willmon Jones, Deceased v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 12, 1998No. 97-1683Published

1Opinion of the Court

STEVENS, District Judge.

Roy Willmon, personal representative of the estate of Carla Willmon Jones, deceased, filed this wrongful death action against Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated, claiming that Wal-Mart was negligent by failing to implement feasible precautions and failing to use ordinary care to maintain the premises of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Searcy, Arkansas, in a reasonably safe condition. The district court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing Willmon’s entire action. 2 Willmon timely appealed. We affirm.

1. BACKGROUND

At approximately 9:30 p.m. on the night of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Isaacs v. Huntington Memorial HospitalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Cornpropst v. SloanTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Boren v. Worthen National Bank of ArkansasSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  4. Torres v. United States National BankCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1983
  5. Williams v. First Alabama BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989

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