Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Target Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 28, 2012No. Nos. 10-3275, 11-1761PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Merdelin Johnson sued the Target Corporation for negligence in this diversity action after she slipped on a spill at a Target store and allegedly sustained neck and back injuries. Her claim eventually went to trial and the jury found in Target’s favor. Johnson appeals, challenging certain evidentiary rulings as well as the *300court’s postjudgment award of costs to Target. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion with respect to these decisions, we affirm.

Johnson was shopping at a Target store in Evanston, Illinois, when she slipped on a spill that she described later as…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  3. Michael Perez v. Miami-Dade CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
  4. Michael J. Conlon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  5. Emily Rivera v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006

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