Legal Opinion

Toby Arant v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 8, 2015No. 15-30276UnpublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM: *

Toby Arant. appeals the summary-judgment dismissal of his products liability claims against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”), and Tahsin Industrial, Corp., USA (“Tahsin”). For the following reasons, we affirm.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Arant purchased two 1" ratchet straps, manufactured by Tahsin, at Wal-Mart in June or July of 2011. He used the straps to secure a lock-on tree-stand to a tree for hunting. On September 9, 2012, when Ar-ant climbed onto the stand, the straps failed, and Arant fell over twenty feet to the ground, sustaining serious injuries.

Arant sued Wal-Mart and Tahsin…

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