Legal Opinion
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Gonzalez
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided September 15, 1997No. 04-96-00419-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARDBERGER, Chief Justice.
This is a rare case. The Plaintiff won a jury verdict in a slip-and-fall case, an ever-increasing improbability. Damages of $100,-000 were awarded. Wal-Mart appeals.
FACTS
Flora Gonzalez was shopping at a Wal-Mart store in Rio Grande City. While she was going to get her cart, she stepped on macaroni that had been mashed by previous carts running through it. She fell down injuring her shoulder, side, back, and knee. The macaroni, which had once been part of a cooked macaroni salad sold by the store, had visible cart tracks through it. The cart tracks could not have been…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cain v. BainTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Keetch v. Kroger Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1992
- Corbin v. Safeway Stores, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1983
- Alm v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Havner v. E-Z Mart Stores, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. GonzalezTexas Supreme Court · 1998
- Fort Worth Hotel Ltd. Partnership v. Enserch Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1998
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. DiazCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
- Stoner v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1999
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. DiazCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2003
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