Legal Opinion
Leonard O. Self v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1989No. 88-6210PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment for the defendant in a slip-and-fall case governed by Tennessee law. The plaintiff’s accident was caused by what the Tennessee courts sometimes refer to as “a transitory, temporary or unusual ... accumulation of foreign substances” — in this instance, dog food pellets that had been spilled on the floor of a self-service department store operated by the defendant.
It is undisputed that the plaintiff could not show (a) whether the defendant had created the hazardous condition, (b) whether the defendant knew of the hazardous…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Jones v. Zayre, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
- Benson v. H.G. Hill Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
- Simmons v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1986
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Hammond-Warner v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1992
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