Patrice Snider v. Wal-Mart Stores

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

An automatic sliding door at a Wal-Mart store hit Patrice Snider’s hand as she entered the store with a friend—all captured by video footage at the entrance to the store. Seeking damages for her injury, Snider sued Wal-Mart and Stanley Access Technologies, an automated-door provider, alleging they were negligent in maintaining the door. The defendants moved for summary judgment. Snider did not respond with evidence of negligence by either defendant. She instead claimed that the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur by itself permitted the case to go to a jury. The district court…