Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Patterson

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"), sought permission pursuant to Rule 5, Ala.R.App.P., to appeal the denial of the summary-judgment motion it filed in an action commenced against it by Reginald S. Patterson. We granted Wal-Mart permission to appeal, and we affirm.

According to the undisputed facts, on September 13, 1993, Sandra Patterson, at that time the estranged wife of Reginald S. Patterson, entered the Wal-Mart discount store in Fairfield, presented merchandise at a checkout counter, and issued a check drawn on the account of Reginald S. Patterson at AmSouth Bank, N.A. ("AmSouth"), in…