Legal Opinion
Carlton v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided November 12, 2002No. 401 CV 266PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
In this slip and fall case, defendant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., moves for summary judgment against plaintiff Kimberly Carlton. Doc. # 21. While shopping in a Savannah, Georgia Wal-Mart store, Carlton slipped and fell on some spilt shampoo. Doc. #35 at 13-16, 19. She brought this negligence action to recover for her injuries.
II. ANALYSIS
A. Summary Judgment Standards
This Court applies the summary judgment principles explained in Mize v. Jefferson City Bd. of Educ., 93 F.3d 739, 742-43 (11th Cir.1996); Cohen v. United American Bank of Cent. Fla., 83 F.3d…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mize v. Jefferson City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Robinson v. Kroger Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Richard B. Dunlap v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Cohen v. United American BankCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Bolton v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
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3Cited by4 opinions
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