Alexander v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

DOUCET, Chief Judge.

In this slip and fall ease, defendant, Wal Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) appeals a judgment of the trial court finding defendant 70% at fault in causing plaintiffs injuries. We affirm.

FACTS

At approximately 4:30 P.M. on the rainy afternoon of November 1, 1995, plaintiff, Michael Alexander, his girlfriend, Arelia Strong, and his step-daughter went to the Wal-Mart store in Pineville, Louisiana. As the trio entered the store, Ms. Strong remembered that she had left her shopping list in the car and asked Mr. Alexander tojjget it for her. While Mr. Alexander returned to the car,…