Chapman v. Ford Motor Companies

Jim Gunter, Justice.

Appellants Denise Kaye Chapman 1 and Marlene Fett appeal from a judgment entered in favor of appellees, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Ford Motor Company, dismissing appellants’ complaint against them on the basis of jury verdicts in favor of appellees. We affirm.

This case arose out of the death of six-month-old Nathaniel Chapman and the injury of two-year-old Jonathan Chapman. On June 7, 1995, Ms. Chapman was at Wal-Mart in Mountain Flome with her two sons. While Jonathan was riding a small horse carousel in front of the store and Nathaniel was in an infant seat in a shopping…