Kilgo v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

GREENE, Judge.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) appeals from a judgment entering a jury verdict in the amount of $2,225,000.00 for Louis and Carole Kilgo (the Plaintiffs).1

Louis Kilgo (Kilgo), an independent contractor, was injured on 17 January 1991 while opening the rear doors of a trailer (Kilgo trailer) he had transported to a Sam’s Club in Fayetteville, North Carolina (the Sam’s Club) for unloading. Kilgo worked for National Freight, Inc. and he had been dispatched to transport a load of merchandise from a Wal-Mart distribution center to the Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart. The…