Benny Aragon v. Wal-Mart Stores East

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Benny Aragon was injured when pallets fell onto him from a trailer, breaking his leg and anMe. He appeals from the district court’s 1 entry of summary judgment in favor of Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (Wal-Mart), and Pallet Companies, Inc., doing business as IFCO Systems, N.A. (IFCO), on his negligence claim. We affirm. 2

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Aragon had been driving commercial motor vehicles for more than thirty years and was experienced in securing loads with load locks, load bars, and straps. Although he had never before hauled plastic pallets, Aragon had hauled numerous loads of wooden…