Richardson v. Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION

This appeal arises from a simple slip- and-fall negligence action. After a trial, a jury awarded Ernest E. Richardson $647,000 in compensatory damages for injuries that he sustained when he fell on a wet tile floor in a Hardee’s restaurant owned by Boddie-Noell, Incorporated. Boddie-Noell appeals several of the district court’s rulings. We affirm.

I

On July 25, 2000, Richardson slipped on some wet tile in the entrance of a Hardee’s restaurant in Louisa, Virginia. Richardson fell and severely injured his back and left shoulder. Richardson filed suit in Virginia state court, and…