Cook v. Wal-Mart Inc., Unpublished Decision (3-7-2002)

ACCELERATED DOCKET JOURNAL ENTRY and OPINION

This case came to be heard upon the accelerated calendar pursuant to App.R. 11.1 and Loc.R. 11.1, the record from the lower court, the briefs and the oral arguments of counsel. Appellant Richard Cook, O.D., assigns two errors to the common pleas court's decision to grant summary judgment to defendant-appellee, Wal-Mart, Inc.:

I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FINDING THAT THERE WAS NO GENUINE ISSUE AS TO ANY MATERIAL FACT AND THAT DEFENDANT WAS ENTITLED TO JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW.

II. THE TRIAL COURT…