Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Manning
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
Frazier Manning sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"), alleging that Wal-Mart had negligently or wantonly caused several boxes of VCRs to fall from a riser and to injure him. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Manning. The circuit court entered a judgment on that verdict. Because we hold that the circuit court erred in denying Wal-Mart's motion for a judgment as a matter of law, we reverse and remand.
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In June 1995, Frazier Manning entered a Wal-Mart retail store in Columbus, Georgia, intending to purchase a VCR and a television set. While he was in the electronics department looking at…
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