Coats v. K-Mart Corp.

Opinion

GOERTZEN, J.

This appeal is a consolidation of two appeals filed by plaintiff/appellant Faye Coats (appellant). One challenged the dismissal with prejudice of her first four causes of action following a judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendant/respondent K-Mart Corporation (K-Mart); the second challenged the granting of the motion for nonsuit made by respondent. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural History

On May 31, 1980, at a K-Mart store in Los Angeles, Larry Wayne Hammons (decedent) was involved in an altercation with K-Mart employees. Decedent…