Pavlik v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

The plaintiff, Jill A. Pavlik, appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., on her complaint seeking recovery under a premises liability theory, and from a subsequent order denying her motion for reconsideration. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand this cause to the circuit court for further proceedings.

The plaintiff filed the instant action seeking to recover damages for injuries she suffered on March 18, 1995, when she slipped and fell on a liquid substance while shopping at the defendant’s store. The plaintiff alleged that, at the…