Witherspoon v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a judgment on non-jury verdict entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on December 31, 2001 in favor of Appellee, Clare J. Witherspoon (“Witherspoon”), and against Appellant, Wal-Mart Stores, Ine. (“Wal-Mart”). We affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 On August 31, 2001, Witherspoon filed a complaint in the trial court’s arbitration division alleging that injuries she sustained in a slip-and-fall incident at a Wal-Mart store in North Versailles, Pennsylvania were caused by Wal-Mart’s failure to properly maintain the premises. A copy of the…