7-Eleven, Inc. v. Mercier ex rel. Mercier

ANDREWS, Judge.

The defendant, 7-Eleven, Inc., appeals from a final judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs, John Mercier, a minor, and his father, Wilfred R. Mercier, awarding plaintiffs damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of an attractive nuisance created and allowed to remain on defendant’s property.

Defendant leased and maintained a store and a lot extending approximately fifteen feet behind the rear of the store. John Mercier, age 13, and another boy were playing behind defendant’s store when John spotted a Clorox bottle among the rubbish on defendant’s…