Legal Opinion
Elrod v. Dolgencorp, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 19, 2017No. 17-10715 Non-Argument CalendarPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Jerry Elrod appeals the judgment entered as a matter of law in favor of Dolgencorp, LLC, and against Elrod’s, complaint of negligence. Elrod sued Dol-gencorp, a subsidiary of Dollar General Corporation, for personal injuries he allegedly incurred when he slipped and fell entering a Dollar General store on a rainy day. The district court ruled that Dolgencorp owned Elrod no duty during a rainstorm to keep ■ the floor of its store completely dry. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 17, 2013, Elrod waited for the rain to slacken before driving to a Dollar General store in Orange Beach, Alabama.…
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