Coffey v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Michael Coffey appeals the grant of summary judgment to WalMart Stores, Inc., on Coffey’s claims arising from an incident in which he slipped and fell while shopping in a Wal-Mart. Coffey contends the trial court erred by granting summary judgment because at the time he slipped and fell he was exercising reasonable care for his own safety and because Wal-Mart failed to exercise reasonable care because it did not clean up the spill which it knew, or should have known, presented a danger.

The record shows that Coffey frequently shops at Wal-Mart, and the store is…