Banks v. Walmart Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TIFFANY BANKS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) No. 1:21-CV-05907 ) v. ) ) Judge Edmond E. Chang WALMART, INC., ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER On a rainy Halloween night in 2019, Tiffany Banks slipped and fell on black ice outside of a Walmart in Cicero. R. 37, DSOF ¶¶ 9, 19–20; R. 37-3, Banks Dep. at 53:4–7, 56:7–8, 56:16–18.1 After suffering neck and backpain and enduring three months of physical therapy, Banks brought this suit in 2021. 2 R. 45, PSOF ¶ 33; Banks Dep. at 32:17–33:7, 42:3–13; R. 37-1, Compl.…