Hunter v. Wal-Mart Stores, Unpublished Decision (5-28-2002)

OPINION

Plaintiff-appellant, Erna Hunter ("Hunter"), appeals the decision of the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas granting the summary judgment motion of appellee, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"), in a slip-and-fall case. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

On March 1, 1999, Hunter was injured when she slipped on a "gooey substance" and fell in Wal-Mart's store located in Wilmington, Ohio. Hunter fell in the main aisle of the store where she was shopping for various gifts for her family. The exact location of her fall was between two of the display "islands" which divide the main…