Legal Opinion
Mary Ann Landers v. Aldi, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Malan Realty Investors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1998No. 97-4335PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Mary Ann Landers appeals the district court’s1 grant of summary judgment in favor of Aldi, Inc. (“Aldi”) and Malan Realty Investors, Inc. (“Malan”) in this diversity negligence action. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Ms. Landers alleges that she sustained extensive personal injuries from slipping and falling in the parking lot of a strip mall owned by Malan, in which Aldi operated a grocery. Malan used small decorative stones to fill certain “curb islands” in the parking lot, and Landers alleges that the cumulative effect of wind, weather, and fellow travelers spread the stones…
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