Ex Parte Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart") seeks certiorari review of a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals, which affirmed a judgment entered on a jury verdict against Wal-Mart in favor of Fannie Irby. Irby sued Wal-Mart, seeking compensation for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell in spilled shampoo while shopping in the Selma Wal-Mart store. The only claim against Wal-Mart submitted to the jury was a claim of negligence, on which the jury awarded Irby $75,000. Wal-Mart's post-trial motions were overruled by operation of law, and Wal-Mart appealed. In a majority opinion, over the…