Black v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is a slip and fall case. On February 21, 1992, the appellant, Ledora Black, was a customer in a Wal-Mart store, Sam’s Wholesale Club #8143 located in Fort Smith, when she slipped and fell necessitating surgery to her knee. Mrs. Black filed suit against Wal-Mart claiming her fall and resulting injury were due to Sam’s negligence in allowing “a slick and slippery” area of the floor to remain.

Following Mrs. Black’s deposition, Wal-Mart filed a motion for summary judgment citing the fact that Mrs. Black could produce no evidence that there was any substance on the floor…