Carolyn Wood v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This is a slip-and-fall ease in federal court through diversity jurisdiction. Wood tripped in front of a Wal-Mart store and injured her hand. She sued Wal-Mart for negligence, and a jury found for Wal-Mart. Wood appeals and argues that the district court erred in admitting Wal-Mart’s expert, refusing to offer an instruction on negligence per se, and in admitting evidence concerning the lack of prior accidents at the spot where Wood fell. We disagree and affirm.

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Wood tripped on a quarter of an inch lip on the sidewalk in front of a Wal-Mart store at the point where the…