Booth v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PICKERING, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Having considered this motion, the responses, the briefs of counsel, the cited authorities and applicable law, this Court finds as follows:

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Originally filed in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, this case was properly removed to this Court based on diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. This cause of action arises from injuries Plaintiff sustained in a slip and fall accident at Defendant’s store in Petal, Mississippi.

On January 19, 1998,…