Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Linda Ruth Surratt

11th Court of Appeals

Eastland, Texas

Opinion

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Appellant

Vs. No. 11-02-00113-CV B Appeal from Grayson County

Linda Ruth Surratt

Appellee

This appeal addresses the duty of a business owner/operator to protect its invitees from conditions caused by a natural accumulation of frozen precipitation on its parking lot.[1] Linda Ruth Surratt suffered a serious ankle injury when she slipped and fell on Wal-Mart=s parking lot. The parking lot was covered at the time by an accumulation of frozen precipitation caused by a recent ice storm. Citing cases from other jurisdictions, Wal-Mart…