Legal Opinion
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Wright
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 10, 2001No. 29A05-0009-CV-403PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RILEY, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant Defendant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart), appeals the trial court's $420,000.00 judgment in favor of Appellee Plaintiff, Ruth Ann Wright (Wright).
We affirm. 1
ISSUE
Wal-Mart raises two issues on appeal, which we consolidate and restate as follows: whether the trial court's Final Instruction 17 was an improper statement of law, which incorrectly changed the standard of care.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On July 9, 1994, Wright slipped and fell in a puddle of water while shopping in the Outdoor Lawn and Garden Corral of a Wal-Mart store located…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. WrightIndiana Supreme Court · 2002