Dolgencorp, Inc. v. Hall

Faye Hall sued Dolgencorp, Inc. ("Dolgencorp"), which owns and operates Dollar General Store discount stores, alleging negligence and wantonness after the contents of a bottle of liquid drain cleaner spilled onto her face from a shelf in the Dollar General Store in Marion. At trial, at the close of Hall's case-in-chief, Dolgencorp filed a motion for a judgment as a matter of law ("JML") as to Hall's negligence and wantonness claims. The trial court granted Dolgencorp's motion as to the wantonness claim, but it denied the motion as to the negligence claim. At the close of all of the evidence,…