Legal Opinion
Davis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided October 31, 2001No. 00-1145PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPfeifer, J.
On September 10, 1992, Thomas Davis was fatally injured, while operating a forklift, when the driver of the produce truck he was unloading pulled away from the loading dock prematurely. As a result of this incident, appellee Bernadine Davis, the wife of Thomas Davis, brought an action against appellant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”) and a co-worker. Davis settled the claim with the co-worker and dismissed her survivor claim against Wal-Mart. Davis’s remaining claim for wrongful death against Wal-Mart, based upon an intentional tort, was tried to a jury.
The jury found for Davis and awarded…
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