Garcia v. Wal-Mart Stores Tex., L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Leoncio Garcia sued Wal-Mart Stores Texas, L.L.C. ("Wal-Mart"), after he slipped and fell inside the entrance to one of its stores. The district court granted summary judgment for Wal-Mart, reasoning that Garcia had failed to raise a fact issue on Wal-Mart's knowledge of the spill. Disagreeing, we reverse and remand.
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The incident was caught on the store's video surveillance. At 5:56 a.m., a Wal-Mart employee operating an auto-scrubber machine passed over the area of the accident. The auto-scrubber works by dispensing cleaning solution on the floor, scrubbing the…
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